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Bare Essentials by Brenda Jackson

Bare Essentials: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bare Essentials audiobook runs 3 hours unabridged, narrated by Ron Butler (about 2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Bare Essentials at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day6 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 3 hours, it is shorter than 92% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Modern shelf

380 Modern 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

Bare Essentials is an audiobook by Brenda Jackson: a 3-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron Butler, released August 15, 2023, on the Modern and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3 hrs
Narrated by
Ron Butler
Released
August 15, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern, BIPOC Stories & Voices
ISBN
9781488227615

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Bare Essentials audiobook?

Bare Essentials runs 3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2 hours.

Is the Bare Essentials audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Bare Essentials?

Bare Essentials is narrated by Ron Butler.