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The Best of Youth by Michael Dahlie

The Best of Youth: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Best of Youth runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.1listening hrs
Coming of Agestore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Best of Youth at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 3,283 Coming of Age audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Coming of Age shelf

590 Coming of Age 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

The Best of Youth is an audiobook by Michael Dahlie: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released January 28, 2013, on the Coming of Age shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.1 hrs
Narrated by
Kirby Heyborne
Released
January 28, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Coming of Age
ISBN
9781666586077

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Best of Youth as an audiobook?

The Best of Youth runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.

Is The Best of Youth free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Best of Youth?

The Best of Youth is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.