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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? audiobook runs 6.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Jeanette Winterson (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.2listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.2 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2013 recording read by A.M. Homes runs 4.6 hours shorter (1.5 hours).

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

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is an audiobook by Jeanette Winterson: a 6.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeanette Winterson, released March 6, 2012, on the Memoirs shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.2 hrs
Narrated by
Jeanette Winterson
Released
March 6, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs
ISBN
9781469201962

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? audiobook?

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? runs 6.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.

Is the Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? audiobook free?

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Who narrates Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal??

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is narrated by Jeanette Winterson.