The Message: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Message runs 5.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ta-Nehisi Coates (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.3 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 27 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
725 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- When Breath Becomes Air
- Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
- The Power of Myth
- Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
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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 Message is an audiobook by Ta-Nehisi Coates: a 5.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Ta-Nehisi Coates, released October 1, 2024, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Social Science shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Released
- October 1, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780593916421
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Message as an audiobook?
The Message runs 5.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.
Is The Message free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Message?
The Message is narrated by Ta-Nehisi Coates.