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The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism by Kyle Chayka

The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism runs 7.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christopher Ragland (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.8listening hrs
Non-Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
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 7.8 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Christopher Ragland

Christopher Ragland narrates 293 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,260 hours in all.

All Christopher Ragland audiobooks, measured

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 Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism is an audiobook by Kyle Chayka: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Ragland, released May 5, 2020, on the Non-Fiction and Self-Development shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.8 hrs
Narrated by
Christopher Ragland
Released
May 5, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-Fiction, Self-Development
ISBN
9781635576795

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism as an audiobook?

The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.

Is The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism?

The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism is narrated by Christopher Ragland.