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This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession by Daniel Levitin

This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession audiobook runs 11.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Daniel Levitin (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.8listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment 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 is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession is an audiobook by Daniel Levitin: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Daniel Levitin, released February 20, 2020, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.8 hrs
Narrated by
Daniel Levitin
Released
February 20, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9780241989180

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession audiobook?

This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.

Is the This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession audiobook free?

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

Who narrates This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession?

This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession is narrated by Daniel Levitin.

Is This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.