The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Denaker (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.2 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Susan Denaker
Susan Denaker narrates 74 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 827 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf
1,277 Mental Health & Psychology 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 Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain is an audiobook by Tali Sharot: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Denaker, released June 14, 2011, on the Mental Health & Psychology and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Denaker
- Released
- June 14, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mental Health & Psychology, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9780307917782
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain as an audiobook?
The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain?
The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain is narrated by Susan Denaker.