Between the World and Me: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Between the World and Me audiobook runs 3.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Ta-Nehisi Coates (about 2.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.6 hours, it is shorter than 92% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 27 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
288 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
- Night: New translation by Marion Wiesel
- Two Years and Four Months in a Lunatic Asylum
- From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian
- Bedtime Adventure Stories for Grown Ups: Short Stories for Short Attention Spans
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
Between the World and Me is an audiobook by Ta-Nehisi Coates: a 3.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ta-Nehisi Coates, released July 14, 2015, on the Memoirs and Social Science shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Released
- July 14, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Social Science, Thought-Provoking Listens
- ISBN
- 9780147520500
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Between the World and Me audiobook?
Between the World and Me runs 3.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.4 hours.
Is the Between the World and Me audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Between the World and Me?
Between the World and Me is narrated by Ta-Nehisi Coates.