The Urge: Our History of Addiction: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Urge: Our History of Addiction runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Deakins (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 11.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Deakins
Mark Deakins narrates 211 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,380 hours in all.
About as long, on the Medicine & Naturopathy shelf
836 Medicine & Naturopathy 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 Urge: Our History of Addiction is an audiobook by Carl Erik Fisher: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Deakins, released January 25, 2022, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and Mental Health & Psychology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Deakins
- Released
- January 25, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Medicine & Naturopathy, Mental Health & Psychology, World
- ISBN
- 9780593413609
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Urge: Our History of Addiction as an audiobook?
The Urge: Our History of Addiction runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Urge: Our History of Addiction free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Urge: Our History of Addiction?
The Urge: Our History of Addiction is narrated by Mark Deakins.
Is The Urge: Our History of Addiction worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.