The Center of the World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Center of the World runs 9.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gildart Jackson and Cassandra Campbell and others (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.9 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 9.9 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 2,729 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gildart Jackson
Gildart Jackson narrates 312 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,867 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf
434 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) 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 Center of the World is an audiobook by Thomas Van Essen: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Gildart Jackson, Cassandra Campbell and Vanessa Benjamin and others, released June 4, 2013, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gildart Jackson, Cassandra Campbell, Vanessa Benjamin, Simon Vance, Paul Michael
- Released
- June 4, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- ISBN
- 9781481594547
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Center of the World as an audiobook?
The Center of the World runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The Center of the World free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Center of the World?
The Center of the World is narrated by Gildart Jackson, Cassandra Campbell, Vanessa Benjamin and Simon Vance and others.