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Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Just So Stories: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Just So Stories audiobook runs 3.5 hours unabridged, narrated by David Thorn (about 2.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.5listening hrs
Classics (Kids)store shelf
2007released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Just So Stories at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day7 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 3.5 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 1,718 Classics (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2017 recording read by Johanna Ward runs about the same length (3.4 hours).
  • The 2011 recording read by Jim Weiss runs about the same length (3.5 hours).
  • The 2002 recording read by Nicolas Soames and Geoffrey Palmer runs about the same length (3.5 hours).
  • The 2026 recording read by Thomas Whitmore runs 0.1 hours longer (3.6 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Brian Pederson runs 0.5 hours shorter (3 hours).

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

Just So Stories is an audiobook by Rudyard Kipling: a 3.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Thorn, released January 1, 2007, on the Classics (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.5 hrs
Narrated by
David Thorn
Released
January 1, 2007
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Kids)
ISBN
9780978755379

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Just So Stories audiobook?

Just So Stories runs 3.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.3 hours.

Is the Just So Stories audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Just So Stories?

Just So Stories is narrated by David Thorn.