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This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff

This Boy's Life: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Boy's Life audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Oliver Wyman (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.1listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish This Boy's Life at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 78% 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

This Boy's Life is an audiobook by Tobias Wolff: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Oliver Wyman, released July 27, 2010, on the Memoirs shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.1 hrs
Narrated by
Oliver Wyman
Released
July 27, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs
ISBN
9781615730896

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the This Boy's Life audiobook?

This Boy's Life runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is the This Boy's Life audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates This Boy's Life?

This Boy's Life is narrated by Oliver Wyman.

Is This Boy's Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.