Black Boy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Boy audiobook runs 15.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Francis James (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Francis James
Peter Francis James narrates 40 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 516 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
322 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
Black Boy is an audiobook by Richard Wright: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Francis James, released February 18, 2020, on the Memoirs and Social Science shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Francis James
- Released
- February 18, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780063008618
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Black Boy audiobook?
Black Boy runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is the Black Boy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Black Boy?
Black Boy is narrated by Peter Francis James.
Is Black Boy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.