American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Yen (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
363 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good is an audiobook by Colin Woodard: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Yen, released March 15, 2016, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Yen
- Released
- March 15, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781681680354
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good audiobook?
American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is the American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good audiobook free?
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Who narrates American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good?
American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good is narrated by Jonathan Yen.
Is American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.