Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life audiobook runs 6.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Ralph Cosham (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.7 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.7 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ralph Cosham
Ralph Cosham narrates 53 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 574 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf
3,806 Biography & Memoir 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
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life is an audiobook by C.S. Lewis: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Ralph Cosham, released May 28, 2009, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ralph Cosham
- Released
- May 28, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781481560191
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life audiobook?
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.
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Who narrates Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life?
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life is narrated by Ralph Cosham.