The Best American Essays 2023: Audiobook
Part of Best American
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Best American Essays 2023 runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Pun Pandhu and Elyse Dinh and others (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Elyse Dinh
Elyse Dinh narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 170 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
495 Essays & Anthologies 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 Best American Essays 2023 is an audiobook by Robert Atwan and Vivian Gornick: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Pun Pandhu, Elyse Dinh and Elena Rey and others, released October 17, 2023, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Pun Pandhu, Elyse Dinh, Elena Rey, Isabella Star Lablanc, Katharine Chin, Will Tulin
- Released
- October 17, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies
- Series
- Best American
- ISBN
- 9780063288874
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Best American Essays 2023 as an audiobook?
The Best American Essays 2023 runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Best American Essays 2023 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Best American Essays 2023?
The Best American Essays 2023 is narrated by Pun Pandhu, Elyse Dinh, Elena Rey and Isabella Star Lablanc and others.
Is The Best American Essays 2023 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.