Roots: Audiobook
The Roots audiobook runs an estimated 20.3 hours (about 13.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 20.3 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 20.3 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 92% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 74% longer than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).
Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a long-haul epic at 20.3 hours (estimated).
About the book
Roots is a groundbreaking story of history and family that spanned continents and touched generations. One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots galvanized the nation and created an extraordinary political, racial, social, and cultural dialogue that hadn’t been seen since the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin . The book sold over one million copies in the first year, and the miniseries was watched by an astonishing 130 million people. It also won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Roots opened up the minds of Americans of all colors and faiths to one of the darkest and most painful parts of America’s past, and we continue to feel its reverberations today.
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Roots audiobook?
Roots runs about 20.3 hours, our estimate from its 688 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.5 hours.
Can I listen to Roots free?
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Is Roots worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.5 hours, saving 6.8 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Roots first published?
Roots by Alex Haley was first published in 1861.
