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This Secret Thing by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

This Secret Thing: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Secret Thing audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Joshilyn Jackson (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish This Secret Thing at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

3,059 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 Secret Thing is an audiobook by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Joshilyn Jackson, released October 1, 2020, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.2 hrs
Narrated by
Joshilyn Jackson
Released
October 1, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781713502555

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the This Secret Thing audiobook?

This Secret Thing runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is the This Secret Thing audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates This Secret Thing?

This Secret Thing is narrated by Joshilyn Jackson.

Is This Secret Thing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.