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The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit

The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change runs 5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rebecca Solnit (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 5 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Social Science shelf

602 Social Science 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 Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change is an audiobook by Rebecca Solnit: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by Rebecca Solnit, released June 1, 2026, on the Social Science and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5 hrs
Narrated by
Rebecca Solnit
Released
June 1, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, World Religions
ISBN
9798318565045

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change as an audiobook?

The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.

Is The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change?

The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change is narrated by Rebecca Solnit.