Letters to a Young Contrarian: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Letters to a Young Contrarian audiobook runs 3.7 hours unabridged, narrated by James Adams (about 2.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 3.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 3.7 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
217 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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
Letters to a Young Contrarian is an audiobook by Christopher Hitchens: a 3.7-hour unabridged recording, read by James Adams, released June 23, 2020, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Atheism shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Adams
- Released
- June 23, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Atheism
- ISBN
- 9781549189036
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Letters to a Young Contrarian audiobook?
Letters to a Young Contrarian runs 3.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.4 hours.
Is the Letters to a Young Contrarian audiobook free?
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Who narrates Letters to a Young Contrarian?
Letters to a Young Contrarian is narrated by James Adams.