Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original audiobook runs 25.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Sean Crisden (about 17 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 25.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 52 days |
| 1 hour / day | 26 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 18 days |
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What our data says
- At 25.6 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sean Crisden
Sean Crisden narrates 384 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,149 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
122 The Americas 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
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original is an audiobook by Robin DG Kelley: a 25.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Crisden, released October 3, 2017, on the The Americas shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 25.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Crisden
- Released
- October 3, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781541481343
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original audiobook?
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original runs 25.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17 hours.
Is the Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original?
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original is narrated by Sean Crisden.
Is Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17 hours, saving 8.5 hours.