The Need: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Need runs 6.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alex Allwine (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Alex Allwine
Alex Allwine narrates 15 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 142 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,355 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 Need is an audiobook by Helen Phillips: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Allwine, released July 9, 2019, on the Contemporary Women and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alex Allwine
- Released
- July 9, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781508279778
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Need as an audiobook?
The Need runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.
Is The Need free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Need?
The Need is narrated by Alex Allwine.