The Story of Forgetting: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Story of Forgetting runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Patrick Lawlor (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Patrick Lawlor
Patrick Lawlor narrates 589 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,365 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,088 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 Story of Forgetting is an audiobook by Stefan Merrill Block: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Lawlor, released June 16, 2008, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Lawlor
- Released
- June 16, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781400177172
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Story of Forgetting as an audiobook?
The Story of Forgetting runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Story of Forgetting free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Story of Forgetting?
The Story of Forgetting is narrated by Patrick Lawlor.
Is The Story of Forgetting worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.