The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America runs 17.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Heitsch (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul Heitsch
Paul Heitsch narrates 224 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,328 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
478 World 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 Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America is an audiobook by Louis Menand: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Heitsch, released December 19, 2019, on the World and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Heitsch
- Released
- December 19, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781684577200
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America as an audiobook?
The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.
Is The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America?
The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America is narrated by Paul Heitsch.
Is The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.