Farther Away: Essays: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Farther Away: Essays audiobook runs 8.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Franzen (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.7 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 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 44 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
560 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
Farther Away: Essays is an audiobook by Jonathan Franzen: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Franzen, released April 24, 2012, on the Essays & Anthologies and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Franzen
- Released
- April 24, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781427221490
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Farther Away: Essays audiobook?
Farther Away: Essays runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is the Farther Away: Essays audiobook free?
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Who narrates Farther Away: Essays?
Farther Away: Essays is narrated by Jonathan Franzen.