Homegrown Hero: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Jay Qasim series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Homegrown Hero audiobook runs 12.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Waleed Akhtar (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 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 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Jay Qasim
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.9 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 35 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | East of Hounslow | 10.9 hrs |
| 2 | Homegrown Hero | 12.8 hrs |
| 3 | Ride or Die | 11.3 hrs |
More narrated by Waleed Akhtar
Waleed Akhtar narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 60 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,548 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- Circe
- Water for Elephants
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- The Invention of Wings
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
Homegrown Hero is book 2 of Khurrum Rahman's Jay Qasim series: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Waleed Akhtar, released November 29, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Waleed Akhtar
- Released
- November 29, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Jay Qasim #2
- ISBN
- 9780008229627
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Homegrown Hero audiobook?
Homegrown Hero runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.
Is the Homegrown Hero audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Homegrown Hero?
Homegrown Hero is narrated by Waleed Akhtar.
Is Homegrown Hero worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.