Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story audiobook runs 13.7 hours unabridged, narrated by David Maraniss (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Maraniss
David Maraniss narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 88 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
687 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- In Cold Blood
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
- Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
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
Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story is an audiobook by David Maraniss: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by David Maraniss, released September 15, 2015, on the The Americas shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Maraniss
- Released
- September 15, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781442387928
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story audiobook?
Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is the Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story?
Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story is narrated by David Maraniss.
Is Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.