A Promised Land: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Promised Land runs 29.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Barack Obama (about 19.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 29.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 59 days |
| 1 hour / day | 30 days |
| 2 hours / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 20 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 29.2 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Barack Obama
Barack Obama narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 83 hours in all.
- A Promised Land: The powerful political memoir from the former US President
- Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
- Barack Obama: The 60 Minutes Interviews: Introduced with new commentary by Steve Kroft
- The Greatest Speeches of All Time: Includes President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
- The Greatest Presidential Speeches of Our Time: Updated with Barack Obama's Victory Speech
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
81 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
- Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- A People’s History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium
- The Romanovs: 1613-1918
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 Promised Land is an audiobook by Barack Obama: a 29.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Barack Obama, released November 17, 2020, on the Law & Politics and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 29.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barack Obama
- Released
- November 17, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Law & Politics, The Americas, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9780525633723
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Promised Land as an audiobook?
A Promised Land runs 29.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 19.4 hours.
Is A Promised Land free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Promised Land?
A Promised Land is narrated by Barack Obama.
Is A Promised Land worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 19.4 hours, saving 9.7 hours.