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In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honore

In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed audiobook runs 7.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Carl Honore (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 7.6 hours of listening.

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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 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 9,905 Social Science 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

In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed is an audiobook by Carl Honore: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Carl Honore, released September 5, 2017, on the Social Science and Self-Development shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
Carl Honore
Released
September 5, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, Self-Development
ISBN
9780735274686

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed audiobook?

In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is the In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed audiobook free?

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Who narrates In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed?

In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed is narrated by Carl Honore.