The Beautiful American: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beautiful American runs 11.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Reading (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kate Reading
Kate Reading narrates 461 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,969 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,183 Historical (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 Beautiful American is an audiobook by Jeanne Mackin: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Reading, released June 3, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) and Essays & Anthologies shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Reading
- Released
- June 3, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781483007229
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beautiful American as an audiobook?
The Beautiful American runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is The Beautiful American free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beautiful American?
The Beautiful American is narrated by Kate Reading.
Is The Beautiful American worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.