A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jacques Roy (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jacques Roy
Jacques Roy narrates 132 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,568 hours in all.
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1,908 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City is an audiobook by Drew Philp: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jacques Roy, released April 11, 2017, on the Social Science and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jacques Roy
- Released
- April 11, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, World
- ISBN
- 9781508239062
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City as an audiobook?
A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City?
A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City is narrated by Jacques Roy.