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America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation by Joshua Kendall

America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation audiobook runs 14 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Ganim (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14 hours of listening.

Days to finish America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 7,179 World 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

America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation is an audiobook by Joshua Kendall: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Ganim, released June 25, 2013, on the World shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Ganim
Released
June 25, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World
ISBN
9781611138320

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation audiobook?

America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.

Is the America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation audiobook free?

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

Who narrates America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation?

America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation is narrated by Peter Ganim.

Is America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.