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The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have by Mark Nepo

The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have runs 16 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Nepo (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16listening hrs
Mindfulness & Meditationstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 16 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 4,105 Mindfulness & Meditation audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Mark Nepo

Mark Nepo narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 84 hours in all.

  • Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What Is SacredMark Nepo · 10 hrs
  • The One Life We're Given: Finding the Wisdom That Waits in Your HeartMark Nepo · 10.1 hrs
  • As Far As The Heart Can See: Stories to Illuminate the SoulMark Nepo · 5.5 hrs
  • The Endless Practice: Becoming Who You Were Born to BeMark Nepo · 11.7 hrs
  • More Together Than Alone: Discovering the Power and Spirit of Community in Our Lives and in the WorldMark Nepo · 10 hrs

About as long, on the Mindfulness & Meditation shelf

56 Mindfulness & Meditation audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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

The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have is an audiobook by Mark Nepo: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Nepo, released March 8, 2011, on the Mindfulness & Meditation shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16 hrs
Narrated by
Mark Nepo
Released
March 8, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mindfulness & Meditation
ISBN
9781442342101

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have as an audiobook?

The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.

Is The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have?

The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have is narrated by Mark Nepo.

Is The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.