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American Notes by Rudyard Kipling

American Notes: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the American Notes audiobook runs 2.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Tim Bulkeley (about 1.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.8listening hrs
Essays & Anthologiesstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish American Notes at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day6 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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

What our data says

  • At 2.8 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2024 recording read by Joshua Mitchell runs about the same length (2.7 hours).
  • The 2023 recording read by The Cloud and Geoffrey Giuliano runs 0.3 hours longer (3.1 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Tim Bulkley runs about the same length (2.7 hours).
  • The 2019 recording read by Steven Smith runs about the same length (2.7 hours).

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 Notes is an audiobook by Rudyard Kipling: a 2.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Bulkeley, released December 1, 2016, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.8 hrs
Narrated by
Tim Bulkeley
Released
December 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Essays & Anthologies

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the American Notes audiobook?

American Notes runs 2.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.9 hours.

Is the American Notes audiobook free?

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Who narrates American Notes?

American Notes is narrated by Tim Bulkeley.