In Search of the Color Purple: The Story of Alice Walker’s Masterpiece: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Books about Books series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In Search of the Color Purple: The Story of Alice Walker’s Masterpiece audiobook runs 6.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Adenrele Ojo (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 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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What our data says
- At 6.4 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Books about Books
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 5.1 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 11.5 hours in all.
More narrated by Adenrele Ojo
Adenrele Ojo narrates 331 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,026 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
891 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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
In Search of the Color Purple: The Story of Alice Walker’s Masterpiece is book 2 of Salamishah Tillet's Books about Books series: a 6.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Adenrele Ojo, released January 12, 2021, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Adenrele Ojo
- Released
- January 12, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, The Americas
- Series
- Books about Books #2
- ISBN
- 9781666556599
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How long is the In Search of the Color Purple: The Story of Alice Walker’s Masterpiece audiobook?
In Search of the Color Purple: The Story of Alice Walker’s Masterpiece runs 6.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is the In Search of the Color Purple: The Story of Alice Walker’s Masterpiece audiobook free?
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Who narrates In Search of the Color Purple: The Story of Alice Walker’s Masterpiece?
In Search of the Color Purple: The Story of Alice Walker’s Masterpiece is narrated by Adenrele Ojo.