So Many Ways to Begin: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the So Many Ways to Begin audiobook runs 10.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Matt Bates (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Matt Bates
Matt Bates narrates 38 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 446 hours in all.
- War Lord
- The Flame Bearer
- Warriors of the Storm
- The Empty Throne
- The Pagan Lord
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,055 Literary Fiction 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
So Many Ways to Begin is an audiobook by Jon McGregor: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Matt Bates, released February 9, 2017, on the Psychological and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matt Bates
- Released
- February 9, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, Literary Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- ISBN
- 9780008228477
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the So Many Ways to Begin audiobook?
So Many Ways to Begin runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is the So Many Ways to Begin audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates So Many Ways to Begin?
So Many Ways to Begin is narrated by Matt Bates.
Is So Many Ways to Begin worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.