An American Childhood: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, An American Childhood runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tavia Gilbert (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tavia Gilbert
Tavia Gilbert narrates 651 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,675 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
2,366 Memoirs 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
An American Childhood is an audiobook by Janet Stevens and Annie Dillard: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tavia Gilbert, released January 17, 2011, on the Memoirs shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tavia Gilbert
- Released
- January 17, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs
- ISBN
- 9781481570794
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is An American Childhood as an audiobook?
An American Childhood runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is An American Childhood free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates An American Childhood?
An American Childhood is narrated by Tavia Gilbert.