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Words without Music by Philip Glass

Words without Music: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Words without Music audiobook runs 15.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Lloyd James (about 10.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.2listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Words without Music at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 15.2 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 10,266 Memoirs 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

Words without Music is an audiobook by Philip Glass: a 15.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Lloyd James, released April 6, 2015, on the Arts & Entertainment and Memoirs shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.2 hrs
Narrated by
Lloyd James
Released
April 6, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment, Memoirs
ISBN
9781481529129

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Words without Music audiobook?

Words without Music runs 15.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.1 hours.

Is the Words without Music audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Words without Music?

Words without Music is narrated by Lloyd James.

Is Words without Music worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.1 hours, saving 5.1 hours.