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And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life by Charles J. Shields

And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life audiobook runs 17.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Fred Berman (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.5listening hrs
Biography & Memoirstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

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1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir 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

And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life is an audiobook by Charles J. Shields: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Fred Berman, released May 11, 2012, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.5 hrs
Narrated by
Fred Berman
Released
May 11, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781461847427

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life audiobook?

And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.

Is the And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life?

And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life is narrated by Fred Berman.

Is And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.8 hours.