What to Read and Why: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What to Read and Why audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Allyson Johnson (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Allyson Johnson
Allyson Johnson narrates 159 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,417 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
554 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 to Read and Why is an audiobook by Francine Prose: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Allyson Johnson, released July 3, 2018, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Allyson Johnson
- Released
- July 3, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9780062848437
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What to Read and Why audiobook?
What to Read and Why runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is the What to Read and Why audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates What to Read and Why?
What to Read and Why is narrated by Allyson Johnson.
Is What to Read and Why worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.