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Half a Life by Darin Strauss

Half a Life: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Half a Life audiobook runs 3.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Darin Strauss (about 2.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.1listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Half a Life at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day7 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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What our data says

  • At 3.1 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Memoirs shelf

224 Memoirs 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

Half a Life is an audiobook by Darin Strauss: a 3.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Darin Strauss, released September 13, 2011, on the Memoirs and Health & Wellness shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.1 hrs
Narrated by
Darin Strauss
Released
September 13, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Health & Wellness
ISBN
9780307988607

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Half a Life audiobook?

Half a Life runs 3.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.1 hours.

Is the Half a Life audiobook free?

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Who narrates Half a Life?

Half a Life is narrated by Darin Strauss.