How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life audiobook runs 7.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Heather Havrilesky (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.5 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 8,218 Mindfulness & Meditation audiobooks in our catalog.
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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 to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life is an audiobook by Heather Havrilesky: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Heather Havrilesky, released July 12, 2016, on the Mindfulness & Meditation and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Heather Havrilesky
- Released
- July 12, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mindfulness & Meditation, Non-Fiction, Self-Development
- ISBN
- 9780735206410
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life audiobook?
How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is the How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life audiobook free?
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Who narrates How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life?
How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life is narrated by Heather Havrilesky.