The Promise: President Obama, Year One: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Promise: President Obama, Year One runs 21 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Alter (about 14 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 42 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 21 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
227 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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 Promise: President Obama, Year One is an audiobook by Jonathan Alter: a 21-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Alter, released May 18, 2010, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Law & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Alter
- Released
- May 18, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Law & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781442334465
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Promise: President Obama, Year One as an audiobook?
The Promise: President Obama, Year One runs 21 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14 hours.
Is The Promise: President Obama, Year One free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Promise: President Obama, Year One?
The Promise: President Obama, Year One is narrated by Jonathan Alter.
Is The Promise: President Obama, Year One worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14 hours, saving 7 hours.