The Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five black ballerinas, one incredible story: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five black ballerinas, one incredible story runs 10.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Khadija Griffith and Marcia Lynn Sells and others (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by January LaVoy
January LaVoy narrates 468 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,610 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,665 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 Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five black ballerinas, one incredible story is an audiobook by Karen Valby: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Khadija Griffith, Marcia Lynn Sells and Lydia Abarca Mitchell and others, released April 30, 2024, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Khadija Griffith, Marcia Lynn Sells, Lydia Abarca Mitchell, Sheila Rohan, Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, January LaVoy
- Released
- April 30, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781786582485
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five black ballerinas, one incredible story as an audiobook?
The Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five black ballerinas, one incredible story runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is The Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five black ballerinas, one incredible story free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five black ballerinas, one incredible story?
The Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five black ballerinas, one incredible story is narrated by Khadija Griffith, Marcia Lynn Sells, Lydia Abarca Mitchell and Sheila Rohan and others.
Is The Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five black ballerinas, one incredible story worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.