The Thick and the Lean: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Thick and the Lean runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Suehyla El-Attar Young and Kamali Minter and others (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Suehyla El-Attar Young
Suehyla El-Attar Young narrates 46 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 420 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
2,826 Contemporary Women 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 Thick and the Lean is an audiobook by Chana Porter: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Suehyla El-Attar Young, Kamali Minter and Deepti Gupta, released April 18, 2023, on the Contemporary Women and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Suehyla El-Attar Young, Kamali Minter, Deepti Gupta
- Released
- April 18, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
- ISBN
- 9781797151946
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Thick and the Lean as an audiobook?
The Thick and the Lean runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Thick and the Lean free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Thick and the Lean?
The Thick and the Lean is narrated by Suehyla El-Attar Young, Kamali Minter and Deepti Gupta.
Is The Thick and the Lean worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.