The Beats: A Very Short Introduction: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beats: A Very Short Introduction runs 3.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Conlan (about 2.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.7 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by James Conlan
James Conlan narrates 19 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 153 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
179 World 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 Beats: A Very Short Introduction is an audiobook by David Sterritt: a 3.7-hour unabridged recording, read by James Conlan, released June 1, 2021, on the The Americas and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Conlan
- Released
- June 1, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, World
- ISBN
- 9781666113945
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beats: A Very Short Introduction as an audiobook?
The Beats: A Very Short Introduction runs 3.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.5 hours.
Is The Beats: A Very Short Introduction free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Beats: A Very Short Introduction?
The Beats: A Very Short Introduction is narrated by James Conlan.