The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elif Batuman (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Elif Batuman
Elif Batuman narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 46 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
571 Essays & Anthologies 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 Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them is an audiobook by Elif Batuman: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Elif Batuman, released March 14, 2017, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elif Batuman
- Released
- March 14, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781524781583
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them as an audiobook?
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them?
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them is narrated by Elif Batuman.