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Read the Room by Mel Dau

Read the Room: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Read the Room audiobook runs 5.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Lee LaShawn and Julian Blackmon (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.3listening hrs
BIPOC Stories & Voicesstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Read the Room at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.3 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 4,913 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf

406 BIPOC Stories & Voices 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

Read the Room is an audiobook by Mel Dau: a 5.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Lee LaShawn and Julian Blackmon, released April 27, 2026, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.3 hrs
Narrated by
Lee LaShawn, Julian Blackmon
Released
April 27, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
BIPOC Stories & Voices
ISBN
9798349113932

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Read the Room audiobook?

Read the Room runs 5.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

Is the Read the Room audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Read the Room?

Read the Room is narrated by Lee LaShawn and Julian Blackmon.