Native Son: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Native Son audiobook runs 17.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Francis James (about 11.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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 17.8 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Francis James
Peter Francis James narrates 40 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 516 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
537 Literary Fiction 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
Native Son is an audiobook by Richard Wright: a 17.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Francis James, released April 28, 2009, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Francis James
- Released
- April 28, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780060886394
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Native Son audiobook?
Native Son runs 17.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.9 hours.
Is the Native Son audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Native Son?
Native Son is narrated by Peter Francis James.
Is Native Son worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.9 hours, saving 5.9 hours.