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The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin

The Motel Life: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Motel Life runs 5.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Willy Vlautin (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Motel Life at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day12 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.6 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,036 Literary Fiction 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 Motel Life is an audiobook by Willy Vlautin: a 5.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Willy Vlautin, released July 1, 2021, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.6 hrs
Narrated by
Willy Vlautin
Released
July 1, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781667014098

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Motel Life as an audiobook?

The Motel Life runs 5.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.

Is The Motel Life free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Motel Life?

The Motel Life is narrated by Willy Vlautin.