We Need to Talk About Death: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the We Need to Talk About Death audiobook runs 6.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Joan Bakewell (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.2 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 |
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What our data says
- At 6.2 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joan Bakewell
Joan Bakewell narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 57 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
816 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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
We Need to Talk About Death is an audiobook by Joan Bakewell: a 6.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Joan Bakewell, released November 12, 2020, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Health & Wellness shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joan Bakewell
- Released
- November 12, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Health & Wellness
- ISBN
- 9781787537194
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the We Need to Talk About Death audiobook?
We Need to Talk About Death runs 6.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.
Is the We Need to Talk About Death audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates We Need to Talk About Death?
We Need to Talk About Death is narrated by Joan Bakewell.