Sex and the Failed Absolute: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sex and the Failed Absolute audiobook runs 18.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Joe Jameson (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.4 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joe Jameson
Joe Jameson narrates 232 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,168 hours in all.
About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
78 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Sex and the Failed Absolute is an audiobook by Slavoj Žižek: a 18.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Jameson, released October 15, 2026, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Jameson
- Released
- October 15, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781350604599
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Sex and the Failed Absolute audiobook?
Sex and the Failed Absolute runs 18.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.
Is the Sex and the Failed Absolute audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Sex and the Failed Absolute?
Sex and the Failed Absolute is narrated by Joe Jameson.
Is Sex and the Failed Absolute worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.