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Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler

Breathing Lessons: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Breathing Lessons audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Breathing Lessons at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan

Alyssa Bresnahan narrates 215 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,433 hours in all.

All Alyssa Bresnahan audiobooks, measured

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

Breathing Lessons is an audiobook by Anne Tyler: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Alyssa Bresnahan, released December 1, 2020, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.2 hrs
Narrated by
Alyssa Bresnahan
Released
December 1, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781705016145

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Breathing Lessons audiobook?

Breathing Lessons runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is the Breathing Lessons audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Breathing Lessons?

Breathing Lessons is narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan.

Is Breathing Lessons worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.