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Inadvertent by Karl Ove Knausgaard

Inadvertent: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Why I Write series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Inadvertent audiobook runs 1.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.5listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 1.5 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day1 day
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What our data says

  • At 1.5 hours, it is shorter than 98% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Why I Write Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 2.1 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 3.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Devotion2.1 hrs
2Inadvertent1.5 hrs

More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.

All Edoardo Ballerini audiobooks, measured

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

Inadvertent is book 2 of Karl Ove Knausgaard's Why I Write series: a 1.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released September 4, 2018, on the Memoirs shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.5 hrs
Narrated by
Edoardo Ballerini
Released
September 4, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs
Series
The Why I Write Series #2
ISBN
9781982545055

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Inadvertent audiobook?

Inadvertent runs 1.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1 hours.

Is the Inadvertent audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Inadvertent?

Inadvertent is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.