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Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Sheryl WuDunn, Nicholas D. Kristof

Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope audiobook runs 9.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Jennifer Garner and Sheryl Wudunn and others (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.7listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 68% 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

Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope is an audiobook by Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas D. Kristof: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jennifer Garner, Sheryl Wudunn and Nicholas D. Kristof, released January 14, 2020, on the Social Science and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.7 hrs
Narrated by
Jennifer Garner, Sheryl Wudunn, Nicholas D. Kristof
Released
January 14, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
ISBN
9780593169759

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope audiobook?

Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

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Who narrates Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope?

Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope is narrated by Jennifer Garner, Sheryl Wudunn and Nicholas D. Kristof.