The Children: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Children runs 32.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bahni Turpin (about 21.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 32.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 65 days |
| 1 hour / day | 33 days |
| 2 hours / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 22 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 32.2 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bahni Turpin
Bahni Turpin narrates 441 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,052 hours in all.
- The Help
- The Hate U Give
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
- The Book of Lost Friends
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
25 Social Science 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 Children is an audiobook by David Halberstam: a 32.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Bahni Turpin, released November 6, 2018, on the The Americas and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 32.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bahni Turpin
- Released
- November 6, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780525643647
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Children as an audiobook?
The Children runs 32.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 21.4 hours.
Is The Children free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Children?
The Children is narrated by Bahni Turpin.
Is The Children worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 21.4 hours, saving 10.7 hours.