Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien audiobook runs 21.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Shawn Compton (about 14.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 43 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 21.3 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Shawn Compton
Shawn Compton narrates 160 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,476 hours in all.
- The Bondage Breaker: Overcoming Negative Thoughts, Irrational Feelings, Habitual Sins
- He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe In Himself
- Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea
- The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand
- Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
196 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
- A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution
- The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
- Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
- The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918
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
Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien is an audiobook by Alex Vernon: a 21.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Shawn Compton, released May 27, 2025, on the Military (History) and Military (Biography & Memoir) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shawn Compton
- Released
- May 27, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), Military (Biography & Memoir)
- ISBN
- 9798331947361
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien audiobook?
Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien runs 21.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.2 hours.
Is the Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien?
Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien is narrated by Shawn Compton.
Is Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.2 hours, saving 7.1 hours.