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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever – The Japanese Bestseller by Marie Kondo

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever – The Japanese Bestseller: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Magic Cleaning series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever – The Japanese Bestseller runs 4.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lucy Scott (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.7listening hrs
Non-Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 4.7 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction 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 Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever – The Japanese Bestseller is book 1 of Marie Kondo's Magic Cleaning series: a 4.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Lucy Scott, released September 22, 2016, on the Non-Fiction and Self-Development shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.7 hrs
Narrated by
Lucy Scott
Released
September 22, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-Fiction, Self-Development
Series
Magic Cleaning #1
ISBN
9781473551244

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever – The Japanese Bestseller as an audiobook?

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever – The Japanese Bestseller runs 4.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.

Is The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever – The Japanese Bestseller free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever – The Japanese Bestseller?

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever – The Japanese Bestseller is narrated by Lucy Scott.