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1919 by John Dos Passos

1919: Audiobook

Book 2 of the U.S.A. series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the 1919 audiobook runs 16.2 hours unabridged, narrated by David Drummond (about 10.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish 1919 at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 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 16.2 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on U.S.A.

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.8 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 49.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The 42nd Parallel13.8 hrs
2191916.2 hrs
3The Big Money19.6 hrs

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

1919 is book 2 of John Dos Passos's U.S.A. series: a 16.2-hour unabridged recording, read by David Drummond, released November 24, 2010, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.2 hrs
Narrated by
David Drummond
Released
November 24, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
Series
U.S.A. #2
ISBN
9781400189113

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the 1919 audiobook?

1919 runs 16.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.8 hours.

Is the 1919 audiobook free?

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

Who narrates 1919?

1919 is narrated by David Drummond.

Is 1919 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.8 hours, saving 5.4 hours.