The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature runs 18.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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What our data says
- At 18.3 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff narrates 385 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,502 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
423 The Americas 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 Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature is an audiobook by Gerald Howard: a 18.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released November 4, 2025, on the The Americas and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Petkoff
- Released
- November 4, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9798217163632
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature as an audiobook?
The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature runs 18.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.
Is The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature?
The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature is narrated by Robert Petkoff.
Is The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.