The Year of Magical Thinking: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Year of Magical Thinking runs 5.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Barbara Caruso (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.2 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Barbara Caruso
Barbara Caruso narrates 132 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,055 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
877 Memoirs 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 Year of Magical Thinking is an audiobook by Joan Didion: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Barbara Caruso, released October 6, 2005, on the Memoirs and Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barbara Caruso
- Released
- October 6, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Women
- ISBN
- 9781598872071
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Year of Magical Thinking as an audiobook?
The Year of Magical Thinking runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.
Is The Year of Magical Thinking free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Year of Magical Thinking?
The Year of Magical Thinking is narrated by Barbara Caruso.