Why Can't I Be You: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why Can't I Be You audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Julia Whelan (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Julia Whelan
Julia Whelan narrates 408 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,883 hours in all.
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- The Women
- The Wife Between Us
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,539 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
Why Can't I Be You is an audiobook by Allie Larkin: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Whelan, released September 1, 2013, on the Contemporary Women and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Julia Whelan
- Released
- September 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781469287379
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Why Can't I Be You audiobook?
Why Can't I Be You runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the Why Can't I Be You audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Why Can't I Be You?
Why Can't I Be You is narrated by Julia Whelan.