Hillbilly Elegy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hillbilly Elegy audiobook runs 6.8 hours unabridged, narrated by J. D. Vance (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 5,303 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
760 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Hillbilly Elegy is an audiobook by J. D. Vance: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by J. D. Vance, released June 28, 2016, on the Memoirs and Social Science shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- J. D. Vance
- Released
- June 28, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780062477521
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hillbilly Elegy audiobook?
Hillbilly Elegy runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is the Hillbilly Elegy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hillbilly Elegy?
Hillbilly Elegy is narrated by J. D. Vance.