The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics runs 12.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dean Sluyter (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
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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 Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics is an audiobook by Dean Sluyter: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Dean Sluyter, released March 29, 2022, on the Lessons in Philosophy and Literature shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dean Sluyter
- Released
- March 29, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy, Literature, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781608688401
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics as an audiobook?
The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.
Is The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics?
The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics is narrated by Dean Sluyter.
Is The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.