NPR: The First Forty Years: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the NPR: The First Forty Years audiobook runs 4.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Various Readers (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.9 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Various Readers
Various Readers narrates 475 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,903 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
467 Arts & Entertainment 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
NPR: The First Forty Years is an audiobook by NPR: a 4.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Various Readers, released October 20, 2010, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Various Readers
- Released
- October 20, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781615731046
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the NPR: The First Forty Years audiobook?
NPR: The First Forty Years runs 4.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is the NPR: The First Forty Years audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates NPR: The First Forty Years?
NPR: The First Forty Years is narrated by Various Readers.