First Thing on the Road: Ballads of a New Mexican Outlaw Poet: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Thing on the Road: Ballads of a New Mexican Outlaw Poet audiobook runs 1.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Jimmy Cost (about 1.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 1.8 hours, it is shorter than 97% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
67 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
First Thing on the Road: Ballads of a New Mexican Outlaw Poet is an audiobook by Jimmy Cost: a 1.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jimmy Cost, released February 5, 2025, on the Memoirs and Teen & YA shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jimmy Cost
- Released
- February 5, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Teen & YA
- ISBN
- 9798347895830
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Thing on the Road: Ballads of a New Mexican Outlaw Poet audiobook?
First Thing on the Road: Ballads of a New Mexican Outlaw Poet runs 1.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.2 hours.
Is the First Thing on the Road: Ballads of a New Mexican Outlaw Poet audiobook free?
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Who narrates First Thing on the Road: Ballads of a New Mexican Outlaw Poet?
First Thing on the Road: Ballads of a New Mexican Outlaw Poet is narrated by Jimmy Cost.