A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League runs 17.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter J. Fernandez (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter J. Fernandez
Peter J. Fernandez narrates 88 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,014 hours in all.
- Mary, Mary
- The Big Bad Wolf
- London Bridges
- Four Blind Mice
- Cross
About as long, on the World shelf
476 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0
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- Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
- The Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed or Fail
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 Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League is an audiobook by Ron Suskind: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter J. Fernandez, released September 26, 2008, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter J. Fernandez
- Released
- September 26, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781436183611
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League as an audiobook?
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.
Is A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League?
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League is narrated by Peter J. Fernandez.
Is A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.