Curiosity: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Curiosity audiobook runs 15.8 hours unabridged, narrated by John McDonough (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John McDonough
John McDonough narrates 168 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 948 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
242 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
Curiosity is an audiobook by Alberto Manguel: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by John McDonough, released May 15, 2015, on the Essays & Anthologies and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- John McDonough
- Released
- May 15, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781490672434
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Curiosity audiobook?
Curiosity runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.
Is the Curiosity audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Curiosity?
Curiosity is narrated by John McDonough.
Is Curiosity worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.