What I Lived For: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What I Lived For audiobook runs 28.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Charlie Thurston (about 18.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 28.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 57 days |
| 1 hour / day | 29 days |
| 2 hours / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 19 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 28.1 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Charlie Thurston
Charlie Thurston narrates 151 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,522 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
99 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- East Of Eden
- The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)
- The City of Mirrors
- A Little Life
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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
What I Lived For is an audiobook by Joyce Carol Oates: a 28.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Charlie Thurston, released July 23, 2019, on the Psychological and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 28.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Charlie Thurston
- Released
- July 23, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780062917898
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What I Lived For audiobook?
What I Lived For runs 28.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18.7 hours.
Is the What I Lived For audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates What I Lived For?
What I Lived For is narrated by Charlie Thurston.
Is What I Lived For worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18.7 hours, saving 9.4 hours.