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We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

We Need New Names: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the We Need New Names audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Robin Miles (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish We Need New Names at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

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

We Need New Names is an audiobook by NoViolet Bulawayo: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Robin Miles, released May 21, 2013, on the Historical (Fiction) and Coming of Age shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Robin Miles
Released
May 21, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Coming of Age, BIPOC Stories & Voices
ISBN
9781619696372

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the We Need New Names audiobook?

We Need New Names runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is the We Need New Names audiobook free?

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Who narrates We Need New Names?

We Need New Names is narrated by Robin Miles.