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The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction by Meghan Cox Gurdon

The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Meghan Cox Gurdon (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Mental Health & Psychologystore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.9 hours of listening.

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30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.9 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction is an audiobook by Meghan Cox Gurdon: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Meghan Cox Gurdon, released January 15, 2019, on the Mental Health & Psychology and Relationships & Intimacy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
Meghan Cox Gurdon
Released
January 15, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mental Health & Psychology, Relationships & Intimacy
ISBN
9780062891334

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction as an audiobook?

The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction?

The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction is narrated by Meghan Cox Gurdon.