The Optimist: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Optimist runs 1.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Mulvenna (percusion) and Casey Nielsen (guitar) and others (about 0.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 1.2 hours, it is shorter than 95% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
443 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 Optimist is an audiobook by Roy Schreiber: a 1.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Mulvenna (percusion), Casey Nielsen (guitar) and Patrick Zielinski and others, released August 13, 2019, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tim Mulvenna (percusion), Casey Nielsen (guitar), Patrick Zielinski, Dillon Kelleher, Linda Gillum, Joe Dempsey
- Released
- August 13, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781982770105
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Optimist as an audiobook?
The Optimist runs 1.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.8 hours.
Is The Optimist free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Optimist?
The Optimist is narrated by Tim Mulvenna (percusion), Casey Nielsen (guitar), Patrick Zielinski and Dillon Kelleher and others.