The Fire Next Time: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fire Next Time runs 2.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jesse L. Martin (about 1.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 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 2.4 hours, it is shorter than 91% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
170 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 Fire Next Time is an audiobook by James Baldwin: a 2.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jesse L. Martin, released April 4, 2024, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Social Science shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jesse L. Martin
- Released
- April 4, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781802067200
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Fire Next Time as an audiobook?
The Fire Next Time runs 2.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.6 hours.
Is The Fire Next Time free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Fire Next Time?
The Fire Next Time is narrated by Jesse L. Martin.