Why We Can't Wait: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why We Can't Wait audiobook runs 6.1 hours unabridged, narrated by JD Jackson (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.1 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 6.1 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by JD Jackson
JD Jackson narrates 145 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,287 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,051 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Can't Wait is an audiobook by Martin Luther King Jr.: a 6.1-hour unabridged recording, read by JD Jackson, released January 9, 2018, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Social Science shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- JD Jackson
- Released
- January 9, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780807092408
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Why We Can't Wait audiobook?
Why We Can't Wait runs 6.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.
Is the Why We Can't Wait audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Why We Can't Wait?
Why We Can't Wait is narrated by JD Jackson.