Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits audiobook runs 4 hours unabridged, narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi (about 2.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4 hours, it is shorter than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi
Fajer Al-Kaisi narrates 139 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,474 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
425 Literary Fiction 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
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits is an audiobook by Laila Lalami: a 4-hour unabridged recording, read by Fajer Al-Kaisi, released May 19, 2020, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Released
- May 19, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9780593295281
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits audiobook?
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits runs 4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.7 hours.
Is the Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits?
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits is narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi.