In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed audiobook runs 7.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Carl Honore (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 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.
More narrated by Carl Honore
Carl Honore narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 25 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,668 Social Science 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
In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed is an audiobook by Carl Honore: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Carl Honore, released September 20, 2016, on the Social Science and Mental Health & Psychology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Carl Honore
- Released
- September 20, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Mental Health & Psychology
- ISBN
- 9780062665836
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed audiobook?
In Praise of Slowness: 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 Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed audiobook free?
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Who narrates In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed?
In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed is narrated by Carl Honore.