An Unexpected Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, An Unexpected Life runs 5.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Delanna Studi and Julianne Moore and others (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.9 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Delanna Studi
Delanna Studi narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 114 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
1,279 Memoirs 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
An Unexpected Life is an audiobook by Gloria Steinem: a 5.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Delanna Studi, Julianne Moore and Lena Dunham and others, released September 22, 2026, on the History & Culture and Memoirs shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Delanna Studi, Julianne Moore, Lena Dunham, Gloria Steinem, Lily Tomlin
- Released
- September 22, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Memoirs, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9798217412358
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is An Unexpected Life as an audiobook?
An Unexpected Life runs 5.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.
Is An Unexpected Life free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates An Unexpected Life?
An Unexpected Life is narrated by Delanna Studi, Julianne Moore, Lena Dunham and Gloria Steinem and others.