How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 6,401 Career Development audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff narrates 385 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,502 hours in all.
About as long, on the Career Development shelf
726 Career Development audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character is an audiobook by Paul Tough: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released January 21, 2020, on the Career Development shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Petkoff
- Released
- January 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Career Development
- ISBN
- 9780358406662
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character audiobook?
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character audiobook free?
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Who narrates How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character?
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character is narrated by Robert Petkoff.