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The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom by Jane Smiley

The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom runs 7.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jane Smiley (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.2listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.2 hours of listening.

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30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.2 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom is an audiobook by Jane Smiley: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jane Smiley, released June 6, 2023, on the Memoirs shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.2 hrs
Narrated by
Jane Smiley
Released
June 6, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs
ISBN
9781705094846

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom as an audiobook?

The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.

Is The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom?

The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom is narrated by Jane Smiley.