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Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood by Kwame Mbalia

Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood audiobook runs 6.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Taj Leahy and Amir Abdullah (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.5listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood at common listening paces
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30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.5 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood is an audiobook by Kwame Mbalia: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Taj Leahy and Amir Abdullah, released August 3, 2021, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.5 hrs
Narrated by
Taj Leahy, Amir Abdullah
Released
August 3, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-fiction (Kids)
ISBN
9780593409886

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood audiobook?

Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.

Is the Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood?

Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood is narrated by Taj Leahy and Amir Abdullah.