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Fire in the Straw: Notes on Inventing a Life by Nick Lyons

Fire in the Straw: Notes on Inventing a Life: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fire in the Straw: Notes on Inventing a Life audiobook runs 6.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Larry Belling (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.9listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.9 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 6.9 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Fire in the Straw: Notes on Inventing a Life is an audiobook by Nick Lyons: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Larry Belling, released August 10, 2021, on the Memoirs shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.9 hrs
Narrated by
Larry Belling
Released
August 10, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs
ISBN
9781094425023

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Fire in the Straw: Notes on Inventing a Life audiobook?

Fire in the Straw: Notes on Inventing a Life runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is the Fire in the Straw: Notes on Inventing a Life audiobook free?

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Who narrates Fire in the Straw: Notes on Inventing a Life?

Fire in the Straw: Notes on Inventing a Life is narrated by Larry Belling.