The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History runs 6.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Franzen (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.2 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 44 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
1,487 Memoirs 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 Discomfort Zone: A Personal History is an audiobook by Jonathan Franzen: a 6.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Franzen, released August 28, 2006, on the Memoirs shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Franzen
- Released
- August 28, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs
- ISBN
- 9781598872798
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History as an audiobook?
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History runs 6.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.
Is The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History?
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History is narrated by Jonathan Franzen.