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How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves by Megan O'Grady

How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Megan O'Grady (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.9 hours of listening.

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30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.9 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment 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

How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves is an audiobook by Megan O'Grady: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Megan O'Grady, released July 20, 2026, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
Megan O'Grady
Released
July 20, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9798318573125

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves audiobook?

How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is the How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves audiobook free?

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Who narrates How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves?

How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves is narrated by Megan O'Grady.