Surprised by Joy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Surprised by Joy audiobook runs 7.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Noble (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.4 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 8,524 Counseling & Inspirational audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Noble
Peter Noble narrates 336 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,121 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Counseling & Inspirational shelf
1,239 Counseling & Inspirational 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
Surprised by Joy is an audiobook by C.S. Lewis: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Noble, released February 9, 2017, on the Counseling & Inspirational and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Noble
- Released
- February 9, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Counseling & Inspirational, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9780008210076
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Surprised by Joy audiobook?
Surprised by Joy runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is the Surprised by Joy audiobook free?
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Who narrates Surprised by Joy?
Surprised by Joy is narrated by Peter Noble.