The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Suzie Althens (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 12.7 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 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Suzie Althens
Suzie Althens narrates 213 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,684 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,028 Social Science 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 Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living is an audiobook by Scott Nearing and Helen Nearing: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Suzie Althens, released March 23, 2026, on the Social Science and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Suzie Althens
- Released
- March 23, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9798349136900
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living as an audiobook?
The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living?
The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living is narrated by Suzie Althens.
Is The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.