The Tough-Minded Optimist: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tough-Minded Optimist runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mike Carnes (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 26,666 Self-Development audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mike Carnes
Mike Carnes narrates 70 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 527 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Self-Development shelf
2,034 Self-Development 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 Tough-Minded Optimist is an audiobook by Norman Vincent Peale: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Mike Carnes, released June 30, 2020, on the Self-Development shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mike Carnes
- Released
- June 30, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Self-Development
- ISBN
- 9781705236864
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Tough-Minded Optimist as an audiobook?
The Tough-Minded Optimist runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is The Tough-Minded Optimist free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Tough-Minded Optimist?
The Tough-Minded Optimist is narrated by Mike Carnes.