The Optimists: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Optimists runs 6.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rob Shapiro (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rob Shapiro
Rob Shapiro narrates 195 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,128 hours in all.
- The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town
- Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
- Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks
- The Killer
- Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,659 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 Optimists is an audiobook by Brian Platzer: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Rob Shapiro, released February 24, 2026, on the Coming of Age and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rob Shapiro
- Released
- February 24, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781668653470
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Optimists as an audiobook?
The Optimists runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is The Optimists free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Optimists?
The Optimists is narrated by Rob Shapiro.