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title: "Cal's Best Finds — Is it worth the hours, and is the narrator any good?"
description: "Whether a book is better on the page or in the ear, and why."
url: "https://calsbestfinds.com/format/read-or-listen/"
lang: "en"
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# Read Or Listen

Whether a book is better on the page or in the ear, and why.

## In Read Or Listen

[Read Or Listen](https://calsbestfinds.com/format/read-or-listen/)[Narrative Nonfiction](https://calsbestfinds.com/category/narrative-nonfiction/)

### [On Writing Anniversary Edition: Which One, and Read or Listen?](https://calsbestfinds.com/shelf/stephen-king-on-writing-anniversary-edition/)

Stephen King, narrated by Stephen King

Four editions are in circulation, the covers barely differ, and the listings do not say what is inside. Here is what each one adds, and which half of the book each format suits.

Writing

4.25

Narration

4.5

9 hr 7 min