Laughter is the Best Medicine: Confessions of a Young Surgeon: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Laughter is the Best Medicine: Confessions of a Young Surgeon audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Martyn Swain (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Martyn Swain
Martyn Swain narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 634 hours in all.
About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
157 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2022 recording read by Martin Swain runs about the same length (12.5 hours).
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
Laughter is the Best Medicine: Confessions of a Young Surgeon is an audiobook by Peter Sykes: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Martyn Swain, released July 31, 2025, on the Short Stories and Kids shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Martyn Swain
- Released
- July 31, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories, Kids
- ISBN
- 9798318366352
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Laughter is the Best Medicine: Confessions of a Young Surgeon audiobook?
Laughter is the Best Medicine: Confessions of a Young Surgeon runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is the Laughter is the Best Medicine: Confessions of a Young Surgeon audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Laughter is the Best Medicine: Confessions of a Young Surgeon?
Laughter is the Best Medicine: Confessions of a Young Surgeon is narrated by Martyn Swain.
Is Laughter is the Best Medicine: Confessions of a Young Surgeon worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.