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The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple runs 17.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by George Newbern (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.5listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple is an audiobook by Jeff Guinn: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by George Newbern, released April 11, 2017, on the The Americas and True Crime shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.5 hrs
Narrated by
George Newbern
Released
April 11, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas, True Crime, Law & Politics
ISBN
9781508231837

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple as an audiobook?

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.

Is The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple?

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple is narrated by George Newbern.

Is The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.8 hours.