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The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

The Doors of Perception: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Doors of Perception runs 2.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rudolph Schirmer (about 1.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.3listening hrs
Medicine & Naturopathystore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.3 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 2.3 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 5,775 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Medicine & Naturopathy shelf

244 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2023 recording read by Aedemon Maure runs 0.8 hours longer (3.1 hours).

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 Doors of Perception is an audiobook by Aldous Huxley: a 2.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Rudolph Schirmer, released June 1, 2009, on the Fitness, Diet & Nutrition and Medicine & Naturopathy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.3 hrs
Narrated by
Rudolph Schirmer
Released
June 1, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fitness, Diet & Nutrition, Medicine & Naturopathy, Lessons in Philosophy
ISBN
9781602836532

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Doors of Perception as an audiobook?

The Doors of Perception runs 2.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.5 hours.

Is The Doors of Perception free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Doors of Perception?

The Doors of Perception is narrated by Rudolph Schirmer.