Necessary Fiction: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Necessary Fiction audiobook runs 11.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Tumi Olufawo and David Ijiti and others (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Ijiti
David Ijiti narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 37 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,579 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Tumi Olufawo and David Ijiti runs about the same length (11.7 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
Necessary Fiction is an audiobook by Eloghosa Osunde: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Tumi Olufawo, David Ijiti and Jerry Iwu and others, released July 31, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Books with Buzz shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tumi Olufawo, David Ijiti, Jerry Iwu, Uzoamaka Power, A’rese Emokpae, Leo Anifowose
- Released
- July 31, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Books with Buzz
- ISBN
- 9780008708641
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Necessary Fiction audiobook?
Necessary Fiction runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is the Necessary Fiction audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Necessary Fiction?
Necessary Fiction is narrated by Tumi Olufawo, David Ijiti, Jerry Iwu and Uzoamaka Power and others.
Is Necessary Fiction worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.