Great American Authors Read From Their Works: Volume 1: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Great American Authors Read From Their Works: Volume 1 audiobook runs 1.3 hours unabridged, narrated by James Jones and James Baldwin and others (about 0.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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 1.3 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by James Jones
James Jones narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 57 hours in all.
- Healthy Meal Prep: The Secret to Make Healthy Eating Easier than Ever Before with a Delicious, Easy and Time Saving 6 Week Meal Prep Plan to Start Your Journey
- Vegan Meal Prep: Easy, Delicious and Healthy Plant Based Meals, Snacks, Shopping Lists and Meal Plans That Save You Time and Money (Healthy Eating Made Simple)
- James Jones Reading from From Here to Eternity: From Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
- NLP: How to Strengthen Memory and Control
- Great American Authors Read From Their Works: Volume 1, James Jones Reading From From Here to Eternity
About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
151 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2014 recording read by James Jones and Nelson Algren runs about the same length (1.3 hours).
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
Great American Authors Read From Their Works: Volume 1 is an audiobook by James Jones, James Baldwin and William Styron: a 1.3-hour unabridged recording, read by James Jones, James Baldwin and William Styron and others, released January 24, 2014, on the Short Stories shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Jones, James Baldwin, William Styron, Philip Roth
- Released
- January 24, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9780991141401
How to listen to Great American Authors Read From Their Works: Volume 1 free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Great American Authors Read From Their Works: Volume 1 audiobook?
Great American Authors Read From Their Works: Volume 1 runs 1.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.9 hours.
Is the Great American Authors Read From Their Works: Volume 1 audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Great American Authors Read From Their Works: Volume 1?
Great American Authors Read From Their Works: Volume 1 is narrated by James Jones, James Baldwin, William Styron and Philip Roth.