The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East runs 17.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nan McNamara (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.7 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 2,718 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nan McNamara
Nan McNamara narrates 117 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 931 hours in all.
- Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness
- The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life
- The World’s Most Dangerous Geek: And More True Hacking Stories
- Driving Miss Norma: One Family's Journey Saying ''Yes'' to Living
- Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances
About as long, on the True Crime shelf
101 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
- Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- The Search for the Green River Killer: The True Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer
- The House of Gucci: A True Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
- The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery
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 Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East is an audiobook by Kim Ghattas: a 17.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Nan McNamara, released October 13, 2026, on the True Crime shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nan McNamara
- Released
- October 13, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- True Crime
- ISBN
- 9781250471109
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East as an audiobook?
The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East runs 17.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.
Is The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East?
The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East is narrated by Nan McNamara.
Is The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.