Both Flesh and Not: Essays: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Both Flesh and Not: Essays audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Petkoff and Katherine Kellgren (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff narrates 385 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,502 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
571 Essays & Anthologies 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
Both Flesh and Not: Essays is an audiobook by David Foster Wallace: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff and Katherine Kellgren, released November 6, 2012, on the Essays & Anthologies and Comedy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Petkoff, Katherine Kellgren
- Released
- November 6, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies, Comedy, Comedy, Satire & Parody
- ISBN
- 9781619692640
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Both Flesh and Not: Essays audiobook?
Both Flesh and Not: Essays runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is the Both Flesh and Not: Essays audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Both Flesh and Not: Essays?
Both Flesh and Not: Essays is narrated by Robert Petkoff and Katherine Kellgren.
Is Both Flesh and Not: Essays worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.