This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things audiobook runs 6.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Lynsey Beauchamp (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,358 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things is an audiobook by Naomi Wood: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Lynsey Beauchamp, released November 26, 2024, on the Contemporary Women and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lynsey Beauchamp
- Released
- November 26, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Literary Fiction, Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9780063399754
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things audiobook?
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.
Is the This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things audiobook free?
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Who narrates This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things?
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things is narrated by Lynsey Beauchamp.