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Outliers: Audiobook

The Outliers audiobook runs an estimated 9.5 hours (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5est. listening hrs
4.0★117 ratings
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 9.5 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Outliers at common listening paces
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30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 58% of the business audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 5% shorter than the average business audiobook (10 hrs across 258 titles in our dataset).

Computed from business audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for business listeners: a solid week of commutes at 9.5 hours (estimated).

About the book

From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia , learn what sets high achievers apart —f rom Bill Gates to the Beatles — in this seminal work from "a singular talent" ( New York Times Book Review ). In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"—the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Outliers audiobook?

Outliers runs about 9.5 hours, our estimate from its 320 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Can I listen to Outliers free?

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When was Outliers first published?

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell was first published in 2008.