What the Family Needed: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What the Family Needed audiobook runs 6.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Tanya Eby (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 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 6.9 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tanya Eby
Tanya Eby narrates 785 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,480 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,706 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 the Family Needed is an audiobook by Steven Amsterdam: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Tanya Eby, released March 21, 2013, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tanya Eby
- Released
- March 21, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781469258478
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What the Family Needed audiobook?
What the Family Needed runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is the What the Family Needed audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates What the Family Needed?
What the Family Needed is narrated by Tanya Eby.