The Explanation for Everything: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Explanation for Everything runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rick Adamson (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rick Adamson
Rick Adamson narrates 204 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,010 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Fiction shelf
12,332 Fiction 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 Explanation for Everything is an audiobook by Lauren Grodstein: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Rick Adamson, released September 3, 2013, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rick Adamson
- Released
- September 3, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781622312528
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Explanation for Everything as an audiobook?
The Explanation for Everything runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is The Explanation for Everything free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Explanation for Everything?
The Explanation for Everything is narrated by Rick Adamson.