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An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

An American Childhood: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, An American Childhood runs 9.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alexandra O'karma (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.1listening hrs
Biography & Memoirstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish An American Childhood at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Alexandra O'karma

Alexandra O'karma narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 100 hours in all.

All Alexandra O'karma audiobooks, measured

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

An American Childhood is an audiobook by Annie Dillard: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Alexandra O'karma, released October 21, 2011, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.1 hrs
Narrated by
Alexandra O'karma
Released
October 21, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781461810063

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Questions listeners ask

How long is An American Childhood as an audiobook?

An American Childhood runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is An American Childhood free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates An American Childhood?

An American Childhood is narrated by Alexandra O'karma.