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What is the What by Dave Eggers

What is the What: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What is the What audiobook runs 20.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Dion Graham (about 13.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

20.5listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 20.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish What is the What at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day41 days
1 hour / day21 days
2 hours / day11 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×14 days

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What our data says

  • At 20.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 62,518 Fiction 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

What is the What is an audiobook by Dave Eggers: a 20.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Dion Graham, released August 10, 2017, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
20.5 hrs
Narrated by
Dion Graham
Released
August 10, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781471298752

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the What is the What audiobook?

What is the What runs 20.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.7 hours.

Is the What is the What audiobook free?

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

Who narrates What is the What?

What is the What is narrated by Dion Graham.

Is What is the What worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.7 hours, saving 6.8 hours.