Half Empty: Essays: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Half Empty: Essays audiobook runs 6.8 hours unabridged, narrated by David Rakoff (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Rakoff
David Rakoff narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 30 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
1,915 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 Empty: Essays is an audiobook by David Rakoff: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by David Rakoff, released September 21, 2010, on the Memoirs and Comedy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Rakoff
- Released
- September 21, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Comedy, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9780307738851
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Half Empty: Essays audiobook?
Half Empty: Essays runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is the Half Empty: Essays audiobook free?
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Who narrates Half Empty: Essays?
Half Empty: Essays is narrated by David Rakoff.