The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cindy Kay (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Cindy Kay
Cindy Kay narrates 392 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,560 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,907 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption is an audiobook by Katy Kelleher: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Cindy Kay, released April 25, 2023, on the Social Science and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cindy Kay
- Released
- April 25, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, World
- ISBN
- 9781797159836
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption as an audiobook?
The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption?
The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption is narrated by Cindy Kay.