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The Secrets of Silence: The Everyday Policing of Black Women and Their Stories about Violence by Shannon Malone Gonzalez

The Secrets of Silence: The Everyday Policing of Black Women and Their Stories about Violence: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secrets of Silence: The Everyday Policing of Black Women and Their Stories about Violence runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sanya Simmons (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening.

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30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 9,905 Social Science 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 Secrets of Silence: The Everyday Policing of Black Women and Their Stories about Violence is an audiobook by Shannon Malone Gonzalez: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Sanya Simmons, released March 9, 2026, on the Social Science shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.6 hrs
Narrated by
Sanya Simmons
Released
March 9, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science
ISBN
9781696620482

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Secrets of Silence: The Everyday Policing of Black Women and Their Stories about Violence as an audiobook?

The Secrets of Silence: The Everyday Policing of Black Women and Their Stories about Violence runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is The Secrets of Silence: The Everyday Policing of Black Women and Their Stories about Violence free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Secrets of Silence: The Everyday Policing of Black Women and Their Stories about Violence?

The Secrets of Silence: The Everyday Policing of Black Women and Their Stories about Violence is narrated by Sanya Simmons.

Is The Secrets of Silence: The Everyday Policing of Black Women and Their Stories about Violence worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.