The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jd Jackson and Susan Denaker (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jd Jackson
Jd Jackson narrates 175 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,599 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
2,368 Memoirs 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 Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother is an audiobook by James McBride: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jd Jackson and Susan Denaker, released September 25, 2014, on the Memoirs and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jd Jackson, Susan Denaker
- Released
- September 25, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, History & Culture, Women
- ISBN
- 9780698183902
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother as an audiobook?
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother?
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother is narrated by Jd Jackson and Susan Denaker.