Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Malcolm Gladwell (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 9 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 5,303 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 31 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,032 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection)
- Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know is an audiobook by Malcolm Gladwell: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Gladwell, released September 10, 2019, on the Mental Health & Psychology and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Released
- September 10, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mental Health & Psychology, World, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781549150340
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know audiobook?
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is the Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know audiobook free?
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Who narrates Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know?
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know is narrated by Malcolm Gladwell.