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Golden Age by Jane Smiley

Golden Age: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: A Family series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Golden Age audiobook runs 17.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Lorelei King (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Golden Age at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 17.6 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Last Hundred Years Trilogy: A Family Saga

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 33 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 50.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Some Luck14.8 hrs
2Early Warning18.2 hrs
3Golden Age17.6 hrs

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

562 Literary Fiction 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

Golden Age is book 3 of Jane Smiley's Last Hundred Years Trilogy: A Family series: a 17.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Lorelei King, released October 20, 2015, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.6 hrs
Narrated by
Lorelei King
Released
October 20, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Drama, Literary Fiction
Series
The Last Hundred Years Trilogy: A Family Saga #3
ISBN
9781101889107

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Golden Age audiobook?

Golden Age runs 17.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.

Is the Golden Age audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Golden Age?

Golden Age is narrated by Lorelei King.

Is Golden Age worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.9 hours.