The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us runs 9.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rebecca Kaser (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rebecca Kaser
Rebecca Kaser narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 33 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,918 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us is an audiobook by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Rebecca Kaser, released April 13, 2026, on the Social Science and Mental Health & Psychology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rebecca Kaser
- Released
- April 13, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Mental Health & Psychology, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9798318557040
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us as an audiobook?
The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us?
The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us is narrated by Rebecca Kaser.