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Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom by Shawn E. Marchese, Alan Sisto

Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom audiobook runs 10.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Alan Sisto (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.8listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 9,905 Social Science 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

Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom is an audiobook by Shawn E. Marchese and Alan Sisto: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Alan Sisto, released October 31, 2023, on the Social Science and Literature shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.8 hrs
Narrated by
Alan Sisto
Released
October 31, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, Literature
ISBN
9798765093726

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom audiobook?

Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.

Is the Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom audiobook free?

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Who narrates Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom?

Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom is narrated by Alan Sisto.

Is Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.