Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Emma Smith (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Emma Smith
Emma Smith narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 55 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
538 Essays & Anthologies 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
Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers is an audiobook by Emma Smith: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Smith, released November 15, 2022, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emma Smith
- Released
- November 15, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9780593628003
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers audiobook?
Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers audiobook free?
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Who narrates Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers?
Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers is narrated by Emma Smith.