The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gavin Edwards (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
1,085 Arts & Entertainment 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 World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy is an audiobook by Gavin Edwards: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Gavin Edwards, released October 23, 2018, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gavin Edwards
- Released
- October 23, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781549142048
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy as an audiobook?
The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy?
The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy is narrated by Gavin Edwards.