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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe audiobook runs 6 hours unabridged, narrated by James Yaegashi (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 6 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction 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 to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe is an audiobook by Charles Yu: a 6-hour unabridged recording, read by James Yaegashi, released March 4, 2011, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6 hrs
Narrated by
James Yaegashi
Released
March 4, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781449867287

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe audiobook?

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe runs 6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.

Is the How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe audiobook free?

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Who narrates How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe?

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe is narrated by James Yaegashi.