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Backwards by Todd Mitchell

Backwards: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Backwards audiobook runs 5.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Nick Podehl (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.8listening hrs
Tough Topicsstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Backwards at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day12 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.8 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Nick Podehl

Nick Podehl narrates 268 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,376 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf

392 Tough Topics 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

Backwards is an audiobook by Todd Mitchell: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Podehl, released October 8, 2013, on the Tough Topics shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.8 hrs
Narrated by
Nick Podehl
Released
October 8, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Tough Topics
ISBN
9781480518964

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Backwards audiobook?

Backwards runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.

Is the Backwards audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Backwards?

Backwards is narrated by Nick Podehl.