Staying Awake: The Ordinary Art: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Staying Awake: The Ordinary Art audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Mark Nepo (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 86% of the 8,218 Mindfulness & Meditation audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Nepo
Mark Nepo narrates 17 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 138 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mindfulness & Meditation shelf
616 Mindfulness & Meditation audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again
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- 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found a Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story
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
Staying Awake: The Ordinary Art is an audiobook by Mark Nepo: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Nepo, released March 1, 2012, on the Poetry and Mindfulness & Meditation shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Nepo
- Released
- March 1, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Poetry, Mindfulness & Meditation, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781604077636
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Staying Awake: The Ordinary Art audiobook?
Staying Awake: The Ordinary Art runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the Staying Awake: The Ordinary Art audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Staying Awake: The Ordinary Art?
Staying Awake: The Ordinary Art is narrated by Mark Nepo.