The Ancestors: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ancestors runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by JD Jackson and Ty Jones and others (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by JD Jackson
JD Jackson narrates 145 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,287 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
14,670 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
The Ancestors is an audiobook by L. A. Banks, Brandon Massey and Tananarive Due: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by JD Jackson, Ty Jones and Brandon Massey and others, released December 4, 2009, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- JD Jackson, Ty Jones, Brandon Massey, Robin Miles
- Released
- December 4, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781440718502
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ancestors as an audiobook?
The Ancestors runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is The Ancestors free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ancestors?
The Ancestors is narrated by JD Jackson, Ty Jones, Brandon Massey and Robin Miles.