The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life runs 4.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 3.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.8 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 8,218 Mindfulness & Meditation audiobooks in our catalog.
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Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Mindfulness & Meditation shelf
526 Mindfulness & Meditation 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 Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life is an audiobook by Noble Smith: a 4.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released February 1, 2013, on the Mindfulness & Meditation and Literature shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- February 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mindfulness & Meditation, Literature
- ISBN
- 9781481555692
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life as an audiobook?
The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life runs 4.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.2 hours.
Is The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life?
The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life is narrated by Simon Vance.