How to Be Black: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How to Be Black audiobook runs 6.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Baratunde Thurston (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 6.5 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 5,303 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
657 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
How to Be Black is an audiobook by Baratunde Thurston: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Baratunde Thurston, released January 31, 2012, on the History & Culture and Social Science shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Baratunde Thurston
- Released
- January 31, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780062061614
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How to Be Black audiobook?
How to Be Black runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is the How to Be Black audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates How to Be Black?
How to Be Black is narrated by Baratunde Thurston.