The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery runs 7.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Adam Gopnik (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.8 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 50 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf
1,272 Mental Health & Psychology 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 Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery is an audiobook by Adam Gopnik: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Adam Gopnik, released March 14, 2023, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Adam Gopnik
- Released
- March 14, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mental Health & Psychology
- ISBN
- 9798985080261
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery as an audiobook?
The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.
Is The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery?
The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery is narrated by Adam Gopnik.