Necessity: Audiobook
Part of Mysterious Press-Highbridge Audio Classics
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Necessity audiobook runs 8.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Tara Sands (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tara Sands
Tara Sands narrates 290 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,047 hours in all.
- Winning
- Flipped
- The Language of Flowers
- Dietland
- Star Wars: The High Republic: Tempest Runner
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,484 Suspense 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
Necessity is an audiobook by Brain Garfield: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Tara Sands, released October 1, 2013, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tara Sands
- Released
- October 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Mysterious Press-Highbridge Audio Classics
- ISBN
- 9781622311101
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Necessity audiobook?
Necessity runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is the Necessity audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Necessity?
Necessity is narrated by Tara Sands.