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A Personal Odyssey by Thomas Sowell

A Personal Odyssey: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Personal Odyssey runs 10.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2005released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Personal Odyssey at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Personal Odyssey is an audiobook by Thomas Sowell: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeff Riggenbach, released June 22, 2005, on the History & Culture and Memoirs shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.9 hrs
Narrated by
Jeff Riggenbach
Released
June 22, 2005
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
History & Culture, Memoirs
ISBN
9781481598989

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Personal Odyssey as an audiobook?

A Personal Odyssey runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is A Personal Odyssey free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Personal Odyssey?

A Personal Odyssey is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

Is A Personal Odyssey worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.