A Necessary End: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Necessary End runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Patrick Cronin and Khristine Hvam (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by James Patrick Cronin
James Patrick Cronin narrates 207 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,104 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,225 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
A Necessary End is an audiobook by Holly Brown: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by James Patrick Cronin and Khristine Hvam, released July 7, 2015, on the Psychological and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Patrick Cronin, Khristine Hvam
- Released
- July 7, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780062395573
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Necessary End as an audiobook?
A Necessary End runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is A Necessary End free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Necessary End?
A Necessary End is narrated by James Patrick Cronin and Khristine Hvam.
Is A Necessary End worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.