Because We Are: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Because We Are audiobook runs 16.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Bahni Turpin (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.8 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bahni Turpin
Bahni Turpin narrates 441 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,052 hours in all.
- The Help
- The Hate U Give
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
- The Book of Lost Friends
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
672 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
Because We Are is an audiobook by Ted Oswald: a 16.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Bahni Turpin, released July 22, 2014, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bahni Turpin
- Released
- July 22, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781491525548
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Because We Are audiobook?
Because We Are runs 16.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.
Is the Because We Are audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Because We Are?
Because We Are is narrated by Bahni Turpin.
Is Because We Are worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.