The Best American Humorous Short Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Best American Humorous Short Stories runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Wales (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 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 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Wales
David Wales narrates 115 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 448 hours in all.
About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
185 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Exhalation: Stories
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- Stories of Your Life and Others
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 Humorous Short Stories is an audiobook by Edgar Allan Poe and Various Authors: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by David Wales, released January 1, 2011, on the Short Stories shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Wales
- Released
- January 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Best American Humorous Short Stories as an audiobook?
The Best American Humorous Short Stories runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is The Best American Humorous Short Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Best American Humorous Short Stories?
The Best American Humorous Short Stories is narrated by David Wales.
Is The Best American Humorous Short Stories worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.