The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steve Menasche (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Steve Menasche
Steve Menasche narrates 133 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,231 hours in all.
- Millennial Money Makeover: Escape Debt, Save for Your Future, and Live the Rich Life Now
- Reinventing the Organization: How Companies Can Deliver Radically Greater Value in Fast-Changing Markets
- Secrets of Question-Based Selling, 2nd Edition: How the Most Powerful Tool in Business Can Double Your Sales Results
- Warren Buffett: Inside the Ultimate Money Mind
- Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,903 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
- The Souls of Black Folk
- The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection)
- Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
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 American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation is an audiobook by Jim Cullen: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve Menasche, released May 14, 2019, on the Social Science and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steve Menasche
- Released
- May 14, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, World
- ISBN
- 9781400170319
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How long is The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation as an audiobook?
The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation?
The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation is narrated by Steve Menasche.