The 42nd Parallel: Audiobook
Book 1 of the U.S.A. series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The 42nd Parallel runs 13.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Drummond (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.8 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on U.S.A.
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 49.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 42nd Parallel | 13.8 hrs |
| 2 | 1919 | 16.2 hrs |
| 3 | The Big Money | 19.6 hrs |
More narrated by David Drummond
David Drummond narrates 142 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,696 hours in all.
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- The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
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- Warstrider
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,488 Literary 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
The 42nd Parallel is book 1 of John Dos Passos's U.S.A. series: a 13.8-hour unabridged recording, read by David Drummond, released August 31, 2010, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Drummond
- Released
- August 31, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- Series
- U.S.A. #1
- ISBN
- 9781400189106
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The 42nd Parallel as an audiobook?
The 42nd Parallel runs 13.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.
Is The 42nd Parallel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The 42nd Parallel?
The 42nd Parallel is narrated by David Drummond.
Is The 42nd Parallel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.