What I Was: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What I Was audiobook runs 4.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Geoffrey Howard (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.7 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Geoffrey Howard
Geoffrey Howard narrates 70 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 706 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
629 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
What I Was is an audiobook by Meg Rosoff: a 4.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Geoffrey Howard, released January 24, 2008, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Geoffrey Howard
- Released
- January 24, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781481544474
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What I Was audiobook?
What I Was runs 4.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.
Is the What I Was audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates What I Was?
What I Was is narrated by Geoffrey Howard.