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The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg

The Music of What Happens: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Music of What Happens runs 9.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joel Froomkin and Anthony Perez (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.3listening hrs
Tough Topicsstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Music of What Happens at common listening paces
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30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 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 70% of the 1,441 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Joel Froomkin

Joel Froomkin narrates 46 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 451 hours in all.

About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf

347 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Music of What Happens is an audiobook by Bill Konigsberg: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Joel Froomkin and Anthony Perez, released February 26, 2019, on the LGBTQ+ (Teen & YA) and Tough Topics shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.3 hrs
Narrated by
Joel Froomkin, Anthony Perez
Released
February 26, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
LGBTQ+ (Teen & YA), Tough Topics
ISBN
9781338331202

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Music of What Happens as an audiobook?

The Music of What Happens runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.

Is The Music of What Happens free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Music of What Happens?

The Music of What Happens is narrated by Joel Froomkin and Anthony Perez.