Why We Came to the City: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why We Came to the City audiobook runs 14.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 14.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,221 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
Why We Came to the City is an audiobook by Kristopher Jansma: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released February 16, 2016, on the Literary Fiction and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Released
- February 16, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Coming of Age
- ISBN
- 9780147524508
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Why We Came to the City audiobook?
Why We Came to the City runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is the Why We Came to the City audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Why We Came to the City?
Why We Came to the City is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.
Is Why We Came to the City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.