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Things My Son Needs to Know about the World by Fredrik Backman

Things My Son Needs to Know about the World: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Things My Son Needs to Know about the World audiobook runs 3.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Santino Fontana (about 2.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.2listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.2 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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What our data says

  • At 3.2 hours, it is shorter than 93% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Things My Son Needs to Know about the World is an audiobook by Fredrik Backman: a 3.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Santino Fontana, released May 7, 2019, on the Memoirs and Parenting shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.2 hrs
Narrated by
Santino Fontana
Released
May 7, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Parenting
ISBN
9781508258698

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Things My Son Needs to Know about the World audiobook?

Things My Son Needs to Know about the World runs 3.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.1 hours.

Is the Things My Son Needs to Know about the World audiobook free?

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Who narrates Things My Son Needs to Know about the World?

Things My Son Needs to Know about the World is narrated by Santino Fontana.