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So Not a Hero by S. J. Delos

So Not a Hero: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Hesitant Hero series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the So Not a Hero audiobook runs 11.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Angela Brazil (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.8listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish So Not a Hero at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Hesitant Hero

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 24.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1So Not a Hero11.8 hrs
2Some Kind of Hero12.9 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,919 Science 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

So Not a Hero is book 1 of S. J. Delos's Hesitant Hero series: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Angela Brazil, released March 1, 2016, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Science Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.8 hrs
Narrated by
Angela Brazil
Released
March 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Science Fiction
Series
Hesitant Hero #1
ISBN
9781515973461

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the So Not a Hero audiobook?

So Not a Hero runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.

Is the So Not a Hero audiobook free?

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

Who narrates So Not a Hero?

So Not a Hero is narrated by Angela Brazil.

Is So Not a Hero worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.