A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius runs 13.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dion Graham (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Dion Graham
Dion Graham narrates 367 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,275 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
6,488 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
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 Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is an audiobook by Dave Eggers: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Dion Graham, released March 26, 2010, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dion Graham
- Released
- March 26, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781440790690
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius as an audiobook?
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius?
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is narrated by Dion Graham.
Is A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.