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An American Type by Henry Roth

An American Type: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, An American Type runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Anthony Heald (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish An American Type at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,761 Literary Fiction 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 Type is an audiobook by Henry Roth: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Anthony Heald, released June 7, 2010, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Anthony Heald
Released
June 7, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781481586504

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Questions listeners ask

How long is An American Type as an audiobook?

An American Type runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is An American Type free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates An American Type?

An American Type is narrated by Anthony Heald.