David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words audiobook runs 8.9 hours unabridged, narrated by David Foster Wallace (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.9 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 59 hours in all.
- This Is Water: The Original David Foster Wallace Recording: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
- The David Foster Wallace Reader
- This Is Water: Booktrack Edition: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
- This Is Water
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,716 Literary Fiction 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
David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words is an audiobook by David Foster Wallace: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by David Foster Wallace, released May 20, 2014, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Foster Wallace
- Released
- May 20, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781478900740
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words audiobook?
David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is the David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words audiobook free?
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Who narrates David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words?
David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words is narrated by David Foster Wallace.