At Home: A Short History of Private Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the At Home: A Short History of Private Life audiobook runs 16.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Bill Bryson (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 89 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
533 World 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
At Home: A Short History of Private Life is an audiobook by Bill Bryson: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Bill Bryson, released October 5, 2010, on the World and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bill Bryson
- Released
- October 5, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780307707505
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the At Home: A Short History of Private Life audiobook?
At Home: A Short History of Private Life runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.
Is the At Home: A Short History of Private Life audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates At Home: A Short History of Private Life?
At Home: A Short History of Private Life is narrated by Bill Bryson.
Is At Home: A Short History of Private Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.