The Spirit of the Place: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Spirit of the Place runs 15.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Runnette (about 10.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.2 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sean Runnette
Sean Runnette narrates 327 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,528 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,025 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 Spirit of the Place is an audiobook by Samuel Shem: a 15.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Runnette, released January 10, 2023, on the Literary Fiction and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Runnette
- Released
- January 10, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780593669754
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Spirit of the Place as an audiobook?
The Spirit of the Place runs 15.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.1 hours.
Is The Spirit of the Place free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Spirit of the Place?
The Spirit of the Place is narrated by Sean Runnette.
Is The Spirit of the Place worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.1 hours, saving 5.1 hours.