Invention: A Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Invention: A Life audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by James Dyson (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 3,827 Computers & Technology audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Computers & Technology shelf
349 Computers & Technology audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
- Mapping Humanity: How Modern Genetics Is Changing Criminal Justice, Personalized Medicine, and Our Identities
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
Invention: A Life is an audiobook by James Dyson: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by James Dyson, released September 2, 2021, on the Business and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Dyson
- Released
- September 2, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Business, Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9781398500617
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Invention: A Life audiobook?
Invention: A Life runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the Invention: A Life audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Invention: A Life?
Invention: A Life is narrated by James Dyson.
Is Invention: A Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.