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A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons by Ben Folds

A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ben Folds (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons is an audiobook by Ben Folds: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Folds, released July 30, 2019, on the Memoirs and Arts & Entertainment shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Ben Folds
Released
July 30, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9780593148396

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons as an audiobook?

A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons?

A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons is narrated by Ben Folds.