Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up audiobook runs 12.7 hours unabridged, narrated by David Byrne (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,023 Social Science 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
Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up is an audiobook by David Byrne: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by David Byrne, released October 6, 2026, on the Social Science and Self-Development shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Byrne
- Released
- October 6, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Self-Development
- ISBN
- 9780593943472
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up audiobook?
Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is the Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up?
Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up is narrated by David Byrne.
Is Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.