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Need to Know by Fern Michaels

Need to Know: Audiobook

Book 28 of the Sisterhood series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Need to Know audiobook runs 8.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8listening hrs
Romancestore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Need to Know at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Laural Merlington

Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.

All Laural Merlington audiobooks, measured

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

Need to Know is book 28 of Fern Michaels's Sisterhood series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released December 26, 2017, on the Romance shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.8 hrs
Narrated by
Laural Merlington
Released
December 26, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance
Series
Sisterhood #28
ISBN
9781501963766

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Need to Know audiobook?

Need to Know runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is the Need to Know audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Need to Know?

Need to Know is narrated by Laural Merlington.