One Summer: America, 1927: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the One Summer: America, 1927 audiobook runs 17.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Bill Bryson (about 11.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 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 17.1 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 89 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
315 Social Science 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
One Summer: America, 1927 is an audiobook by Bill Bryson: a 17.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Bill Bryson, released October 1, 2013, on the The Americas and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bill Bryson
- Released
- October 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, World, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780739315309
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the One Summer: America, 1927 audiobook?
One Summer: America, 1927 runs 17.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.4 hours.
Is the One Summer: America, 1927 audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates One Summer: America, 1927?
One Summer: America, 1927 is narrated by Bill Bryson.
Is One Summer: America, 1927 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.4 hours, saving 5.7 hours.