Up Close and Personal: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Up Close and Personal audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
- Always the Last to Know
- Between Sisters
- The Villa
- Gentle Rogue
- A Loving Scoundrel
About as long, on the Romance shelf
12,840 Romance 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
Up Close and Personal is an audiobook by Fern Michaels: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released July 31, 2007, on the Romance shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- July 31, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance
- ISBN
- 9781423342526
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Up Close and Personal audiobook?
Up Close and Personal runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is the Up Close and Personal audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Up Close and Personal?
Up Close and Personal is narrated by Laural Merlington.
Is Up Close and Personal worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.