fiction audiobook
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty is about 13 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 8 hr 40 min, and at 2× to about 6 hr 30 min.
Runtimes are approximate and vary slightly by edition and retailer. Check the length shown in Audible, Libby, Spotify or Apple Books for your copy.
| Playback speed | Total time |
|---|---|
| 0.8× | 16 hr 15 min |
| 1× | 13 hr |
| 1.25× | 10 hr 24 min |
| 1.5× | 8 hr 40 min |
| 1.75× | 7 hr 26 min |
| 2× | 6 hr 30 min |
| 2.5× | 5 hr 12 min |
| 3× | 4 hr 20 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 13 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 9 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 12 days.
The table below shows whole days needed for every combination of speed and daily listening time.
| Speed | 15 min | 30 min | 45 min | 1 hr | 1.5 hr | 2 hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1× | 52 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| 1.25× | 42 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| 1.5× | 35 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| 2× | 26 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
How long, really
At 13 hr, Big Little Lies is close to a full workday of listening, or a New York to London flight and then some. That's longer than about 59% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, Big Little Lies comes to roughly 121,000 words. Narrators vary, so a faster or slower reader will shift that number and the total runtime.
Want to try other speeds or your own schedule? Use the audiobook speed calculator or the listening goal calculator to find the daily minutes you need.
Track it as you listen
Booktrace is an iPhone audiobook tracker that logs your sessions, chapters, narrator and playback speed in one place, so you can see real progress through Big Little Lies and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The Big Little Lies audiobook by Liane Moriarty runs about 13 hours at normal (1x) speed. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, Big Little Lies takes about 8 hours and 40 minutes. At 2x it takes about 6 hours and 30 minutes.
At one hour a day and normal speed, Big Little Lies takes about 13 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 9 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 26 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, Big Little Lies is longer than about 59% of them. At 13 hr it is close to a full workday of listening, or a New York to London flight and then some.
