The Need to Be Whole: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Need to Be Whole runs 19.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nick Offerman (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
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What our data says
- At 19.9 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nick Offerman
Nick Offerman narrates 22 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 202 hours in all.
- Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
- Lincoln in the Bardo
- Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
- The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History
- Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
154 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 Need to Be Whole is an audiobook by Wendell Berry: a 19.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Offerman, released October 25, 2022, on the Social Science shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nick Offerman
- Released
- October 25, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781705086797
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Need to Be Whole as an audiobook?
The Need to Be Whole runs 19.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is The Need to Be Whole free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Need to Be Whole?
The Need to Be Whole is narrated by Nick Offerman.
Is The Need to Be Whole worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.6 hours.