In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir audiobook runs 5.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Boehmer (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.7 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 13,085 Christianity audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul Boehmer
Paul Boehmer narrates 472 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,598 hours in all.
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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
In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir is an audiobook by Paul Quenon OCSO: a 5.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Boehmer, released October 9, 2018, on the Christianity shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Boehmer
- Released
- October 9, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Christianity
- ISBN
- 9781977332387
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir audiobook?
In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir runs 5.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
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Who narrates In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir?
In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir is narrated by Paul Boehmer.