The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alma Cuervo (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 5,212 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Alma Cuervo
Alma Cuervo narrates 41 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 396 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
464 Memoirs 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 Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness is an audiobook by Elyn R. Saks: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Alma Cuervo, released October 15, 2007, on the Memoirs shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alma Cuervo
- Released
- October 15, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs
- ISBN
- 9781428198760
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness as an audiobook?
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness?
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness is narrated by Alma Cuervo.
Is The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.