A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alex Riley (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf
464 Mental Health & Psychology 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
A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It is an audiobook by Alex Riley: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Riley, released April 13, 2021, on the Mental Health & Psychology and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alex Riley
- Released
- April 13, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mental Health & Psychology, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781797120829
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It as an audiobook?
A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It?
A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It is narrated by Alex Riley.
Is A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.