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The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia by Michael Booth

The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia runs 13.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ralph Lister (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.3listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

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

The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia is an audiobook by Michael Booth: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Ralph Lister, released April 22, 2015, on the Social Science and Europe shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.3 hrs
Narrated by
Ralph Lister
Released
April 22, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, Europe, World
ISBN
9781494581961

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia as an audiobook?

The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.

Is The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia?

The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia is narrated by Ralph Lister.

Is The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.