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A Book of American Martyrs by Joyce Carol Oates

A Book of American Martyrs: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Book of American Martyrs runs 24.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Neil Hellegers and Donna Postel and others (about 16.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

24.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 24.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Book of American Martyrs at common listening paces
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1 hour / day25 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

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What our data says

  • At 24.7 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

159 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2017 recording read by Neil Hellegers and Kristen Potter runs about the same length (24.7 hours).

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 Book of American Martyrs is an audiobook by Joyce Carol Oates: a 24.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Neil Hellegers, Donna Postel and Tavia Gilbert and others, released February 7, 2017, on the Literary Fiction and Psychological shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
24.7 hrs
Narrated by
Neil Hellegers, Donna Postel, Tavia Gilbert, Kirsten Potter, David Colacci
Released
February 7, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Psychological, Fiction
ISBN
9780062659453

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Book of American Martyrs as an audiobook?

A Book of American Martyrs runs 24.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.5 hours.

Is A Book of American Martyrs free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Book of American Martyrs?

A Book of American Martyrs is narrated by Neil Hellegers, Donna Postel, Tavia Gilbert and Kirsten Potter and others.

Is A Book of American Martyrs worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.5 hours, saving 8.2 hours.