Madness Is Better Than Defeat: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Madness Is Better Than Defeat audiobook runs 15.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Eric Meyers (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Eric Meyers
Eric Meyers narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,095 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
872 Literary Fiction 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
Madness Is Better Than Defeat is an audiobook by Ned Beauman: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Eric Meyers, released February 13, 2018, on the Psychological and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Eric Meyers
- Released
- February 13, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780525588726
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Madness Is Better Than Defeat audiobook?
Madness Is Better Than Defeat runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Is the Madness Is Better Than Defeat audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Madness Is Better Than Defeat?
Madness Is Better Than Defeat is narrated by Eric Meyers.
Is Madness Is Better Than Defeat worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.3 hours.