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The Body Keeps the Score: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Body Keeps the Score runs 16.3 hours, narrated by Sean Pratt (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.3listening hrs
4.1★38 ratings
Self-Helpgenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 16.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Body Keeps the Score at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

What our data says

  • At 16.3 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the self-help audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 101% longer than the average self-help audiobook (8.1 hrs across 132 titles in our dataset).

Computed from self-help audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for self-help listeners: a long-haul epic at 16.3 hours.

About the book

#1 New York Times bestseller “Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” —Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times bestseller Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score , he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Body Keeps the Score as an audiobook?

The Body Keeps the Score runs 16.3 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.

Is The Body Keeps the Score free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Body Keeps the Score?

The Body Keeps the Score is narrated by Sean Pratt.

Is The Body Keeps the Score worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.4 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was The Body Keeps the Score first published?

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk was first published in 2014.