Life Itself: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Life Itself audiobook runs 14.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Edward Herrmann (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Edward Herrmann
Edward Herrmann narrates 53 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 417 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
443 Memoirs 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
Life Itself is an audiobook by Roger Ebert: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Edward Herrmann, released September 13, 2011, on the Arts & Entertainment and Memoirs shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edward Herrmann
- Released
- September 13, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment, Memoirs
- ISBN
- 9781609410346
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Life Itself audiobook?
Life Itself runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is the Life Itself audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Life Itself?
Life Itself is narrated by Edward Herrmann.
Is Life Itself worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.