The World Doesn't Require You: Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World Doesn't Require You: Stories runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jd Jackson (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jd Jackson
Jd Jackson narrates 175 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,599 hours in all.
About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
162 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Exhalation: Stories
- Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law
- Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
- Endless Summer: Stories
- Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread
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 World Doesn't Require You: Stories is an audiobook by Rion Amilcar Scott: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Jd Jackson, released August 20, 2019, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) and Short Stories shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jd Jackson
- Released
- August 20, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781684571970
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The World Doesn't Require You: Stories as an audiobook?
The World Doesn't Require You: Stories runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The World Doesn't Require You: Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The World Doesn't Require You: Stories?
The World Doesn't Require You: Stories is narrated by Jd Jackson.
Is The World Doesn't Require You: Stories worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.