For The Time Being: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the For The Time Being audiobook runs 17.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Jerry Sciarrio (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 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 17.7 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jerry Sciarrio
Jerry Sciarrio narrates 101 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 806 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
670 Science 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
For The Time Being is an audiobook by Marie Desjardin: a 17.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jerry Sciarrio, released December 15, 2014, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jerry Sciarrio
- Released
- December 15, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781614536888
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the For The Time Being audiobook?
For The Time Being runs 17.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.
Is the For The Time Being audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates For The Time Being?
For The Time Being is narrated by Jerry Sciarrio.
Is For The Time Being worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.