Once, When We Were Young: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once, When We Were Young audiobook runs 18.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Jim Gough (about 12.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.7 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jim Gough
Jim Gough narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 113 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
597 Historical (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
Once, When We Were Young is an audiobook by Billy J. Brown: a 18.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Gough, released January 31, 2011, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jim Gough
- Released
- January 31, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
- ISBN
- 9781483069982
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Once, When We Were Young audiobook?
Once, When We Were Young runs 18.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.5 hours.
Is the Once, When We Were Young audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Once, When We Were Young?
Once, When We Were Young is narrated by Jim Gough.
Is Once, When We Were Young worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.5 hours, saving 6.2 hours.