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Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator by Homer Hickam

Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator audiobook runs 10.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Adam Verner (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator at common listening paces
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30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction 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

Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator is an audiobook by Homer Hickam: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Adam Verner, released October 13, 2015, on the Literary Fiction and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.7 hrs
Narrated by
Adam Verner
Released
October 13, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Drama
ISBN
9780062421173

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator audiobook?

Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is the Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator?

Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator is narrated by Adam Verner.

Is Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.