How Beautiful We Were: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How Beautiful We Were audiobook runs 14.1 hours unabridged, narrated by JD Jackson and Janina Edwards and others (about 9.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.1 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by JD Jackson
JD Jackson narrates 145 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,287 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,377 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
How Beautiful We Were is an audiobook by Imbolo Mbue: a 14.1-hour unabridged recording, read by JD Jackson, Janina Edwards and Prentice Onayemi and others, released March 9, 2021, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- JD Jackson, Janina Edwards, Prentice Onayemi, Allyson Johnson, Dion Graham, Lisa Renee Pitts
- Released
- March 9, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780593209943
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How Beautiful We Were audiobook?
How Beautiful We Were runs 14.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.4 hours.
Is the How Beautiful We Were audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates How Beautiful We Were?
How Beautiful We Were is narrated by JD Jackson, Janina Edwards, Prentice Onayemi and Allyson Johnson and others.
Is How Beautiful We Were worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.4 hours, saving 4.7 hours.