Black Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal audiobook runs 9.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Chris Sorensen (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Chris Sorensen
Chris Sorensen narrates 218 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,936 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
690 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal is an audiobook by Bob Wyss: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris Sorensen, released September 23, 2025, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Chris Sorensen
- Released
- September 23, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction), Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9798347023523
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Black Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal audiobook?
Black Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is the Black Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal audiobook free?
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Who narrates Black Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal?
Black Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal is narrated by Chris Sorensen.