The Reason You're Alive: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Reason You're Alive runs 5.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by R.C. Bray (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.6 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by R.C. Bray
R.C. Bray narrates 98 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 920 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,033 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 Reason You're Alive is an audiobook by Matthew Quick: a 5.6-hour unabridged recording, read by R.C. Bray, released July 4, 2017, on the Contemporary Women and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- R.C. Bray
- Released
- July 4, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780062681584
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Reason You're Alive as an audiobook?
The Reason You're Alive runs 5.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
Is The Reason You're Alive free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Reason You're Alive?
The Reason You're Alive is narrated by R.C. Bray.