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Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing by Ben Blatt

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing audiobook runs 5.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Vikas Adam (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.4listening hrs
Comedy, Satire & Parodystore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing at common listening paces
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30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.4 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 4,209 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing is an audiobook by Ben Blatt: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Vikas Adam, released September 12, 2017, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.4 hrs
Narrated by
Vikas Adam
Released
September 12, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Comedy, Satire & Parody
ISBN
9781541478060

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing audiobook?

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.

Is the Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing audiobook free?

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Who narrates Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing?

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing is narrated by Vikas Adam.