How to Be Sad: Everything I’ve Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How to Be Sad: Everything I’ve Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Helen Russell (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Helen Russell
Helen Russell narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 46 hours in all.
- The Atlas of Happiness: The Global Secrets of How to Be Happy
- How to be Sad: The key to a happier life
- How to Raise a Viking: The Secrets of Parenting the World’s Happiest Children
- The Danish Secret to Happy Kids: How the Viking Way of Raising Children Makes Them Happier, Healthier, and More Independent
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
1,677 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
How to Be Sad: Everything I’ve Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad is an audiobook by Helen Russell: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Helen Russell, released October 5, 2021, on the Memoirs and Mindfulness & Meditation shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Helen Russell
- Released
- October 5, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Mindfulness & Meditation, Mental Health & Psychology
- ISBN
- 9780063115385
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How to Be Sad: Everything I’ve Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad audiobook?
How to Be Sad: Everything I’ve Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the How to Be Sad: Everything I’ve Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad audiobook free?
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Who narrates How to Be Sad: Everything I’ve Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad?
How to Be Sad: Everything I’ve Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad is narrated by Helen Russell.
Is How to Be Sad: Everything I’ve Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.