The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Karen Cass (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
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Karen Cass narrates 422 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,980 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,598 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 Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters is an audiobook by Rose George: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Karen Cass, released March 26, 2019, on the Social Science and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Karen Cass
- Released
- March 26, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781721336036
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters as an audiobook?
The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters?
The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters is narrated by Karen Cass.
Is The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.