
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).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Ganim
Peter Ganim narrates 180 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,967 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
815 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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Start listening freeQuestions 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.