The Butler: A Witness to History: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Butler: A Witness to History runs 2.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lee Daniels and Forest Whitaker and others (about 1.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 2.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.5 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Lee Daniels
Lee Daniels narrates 32 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 253 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
131 History & Culture 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 Butler: A Witness to History is an audiobook by Wil Haygood: a 2.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Lee Daniels, Forest Whitaker and David Oyelowo and others, released July 30, 2013, on the History & Culture shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lee Daniels, Forest Whitaker, David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey
- Released
- July 30, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9781442368187
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Butler: A Witness to History as an audiobook?
The Butler: A Witness to History runs 2.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.7 hours.
Is The Butler: A Witness to History free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Butler: A Witness to History?
The Butler: A Witness to History is narrated by Lee Daniels, Forest Whitaker, David Oyelowo and Oprah Winfrey.