The How & the Why: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The How & the Why runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Erin Spencer and Phoebe Strole (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Erin Spencer
Erin Spencer narrates 98 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 993 hours in all.
About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf
435 Tough Topics 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 How & the Why is an audiobook by Cynthia Hand: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Erin Spencer and Phoebe Strole, released November 5, 2019, on the Tough Topics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Erin Spencer, Phoebe Strole
- Released
- November 5, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Tough Topics
- ISBN
- 9780062964694
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The How & the Why as an audiobook?
The How & the Why runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The How & the Why free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The How & the Why?
The How & the Why is narrated by Erin Spencer and Phoebe Strole.
Is The How & the Why worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.