The Emergency: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Emergency runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown
Billie Fulford-Brown narrates 164 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,783 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,618 Literary 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 Emergency is an audiobook by George Packer: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Billie Fulford-Brown, released November 11, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Billie Fulford-Brown
- Released
- November 11, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
- ISBN
- 9781250418371
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Emergency as an audiobook?
The Emergency runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Emergency free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Emergency?
The Emergency is narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown.
Is The Emergency worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.