The Wanting: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wanting runs 12.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Neil Shah and Cassandra Campbell and others (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Neil Shah
Neil Shah narrates 214 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,202 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,073 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 Wanting is an audiobook by Michael LaVigne: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Neil Shah, Cassandra Campbell and Robert Fass, released February 26, 2013, on the Literary Fiction and Religious Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Neil Shah, Cassandra Campbell, Robert Fass
- Released
- February 26, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Religious Fiction, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781483061054
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wanting as an audiobook?
The Wanting runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Wanting free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wanting?
The Wanting is narrated by Neil Shah, Cassandra Campbell and Robert Fass.
Is The Wanting worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.