Purple Rising: Celebrating 40 Years of the Magic, Power, and Artistry of The Color Purple: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Purple Rising: Celebrating 40 Years of the Magic, Power, and Artistry of The Color Purple audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Karise Yansen and Amir Abdullah and others (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Karise Yansen
Karise Yansen narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 177 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
900 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
Purple Rising: Celebrating 40 Years of the Magic, Power, and Artistry of The Color Purple is an audiobook by Lise Funderburg: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Karise Yansen, Amir Abdullah and Joniece Abbott-Pratt and others, released November 7, 2023, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Karise Yansen, Amir Abdullah, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Ramón De Ocampo, Daniel Henning, Janina Edwards
- Released
- November 7, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781797171579
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Purple Rising: Celebrating 40 Years of the Magic, Power, and Artistry of The Color Purple audiobook?
Purple Rising: Celebrating 40 Years of the Magic, Power, and Artistry of The Color Purple runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is the Purple Rising: Celebrating 40 Years of the Magic, Power, and Artistry of The Color Purple audiobook free?
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Who narrates Purple Rising: Celebrating 40 Years of the Magic, Power, and Artistry of The Color Purple?
Purple Rising: Celebrating 40 Years of the Magic, Power, and Artistry of The Color Purple is narrated by Karise Yansen, Amir Abdullah, Joniece Abbott-Pratt and Ramón De Ocampo and others.
Is Purple Rising: Celebrating 40 Years of the Magic, Power, and Artistry of The Color Purple worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.