Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week audiobook runs 13.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
402 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
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week is an audiobook by Ursula K. Le Guin: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released February 20, 2018, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- February 20, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781541488472
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week audiobook?
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.
Is the Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week audiobook free?
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Who narrates Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week?
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week is narrated by Laural Merlington.
Is Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.