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Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville by Akash Kapur

Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville audiobook runs 12.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Vikas Adam (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.6listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 92% 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

Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville is an audiobook by Akash Kapur: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Vikas Adam, released July 20, 2021, on the Memoirs and History & Culture shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.6 hrs
Narrated by
Vikas Adam
Released
July 20, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, History & Culture, Religion & Spirituality
ISBN
9781797127712

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville audiobook?

Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.

Is the Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville?

Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville is narrated by Vikas Adam.

Is Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.