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Farther Away by Jonathan Franzen

Farther Away: Audiobook

by Jonathan Franzen · narrated by Scott Shepherd · unabridged · 2012

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Farther Away audiobook runs 8.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Scott Shepherd (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.7listening hrs
Essays & Anthologiesstore shelf
2012released
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2 hours / day5 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 Scott Shepherd

Scott Shepherd narrates 17 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 160 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf

556 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2012 recording read by Scott Shepherd and Jonathan Franzen runs about the same length (8.7 hours).

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 is an audiobook by Jonathan Franzen: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Shepherd, released June 7, 2012, on the Essays & Anthologies and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.7 hrs
Narrated by
Scott Shepherd
Released
June 7, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Essays & Anthologies, Lessons in Philosophy, Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9780007466344

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Farther Away audiobook?

Farther Away runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is the Farther Away audiobook free?

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Who narrates Farther Away?

Farther Away is narrated by Scott Shepherd.