Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America audiobook runs 8.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Janina Edwards (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Janina Edwards
Janina Edwards narrates 359 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,955 hours in all.
- The Wedding Date
- The Proposal: Reese's Book Club
- Party of Two
- The Wedding Party
- The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,907 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
- The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection)
- Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
- Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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
Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America is an audiobook by Lori L. Tharps and Ayana D. Byrd: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Janina Edwards, released September 10, 2019, on the Social Science and Fitness, Diet & Nutrition shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Janina Edwards
- Released
- September 10, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Fitness, Diet & Nutrition
- ISBN
- 9781515943624
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America audiobook?
Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is the Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America?
Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America is narrated by Janina Edwards.