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Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives by Lucy Mangan

Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives audiobook runs 7 hours unabridged, narrated by Lucy Mangan (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives at common listening paces
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1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7 hours, it is shorter than 62% 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

Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives is an audiobook by Lucy Mangan: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Lucy Mangan, released May 4, 2026, on the Memoirs and Literature shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7 hrs
Narrated by
Lucy Mangan
Released
May 4, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Literature
ISBN
9798318543166

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives audiobook?

Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.

Is the Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives?

Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives is narrated by Lucy Mangan.