We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine audiobook runs 8.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Alissa Wilkinson (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 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 |
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What our data says
- At 8.3 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,911 Social Science 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
We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine is an audiobook by Alissa Wilkinson: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Alissa Wilkinson, released May 27, 2025, on the Social Science and Arts & Entertainment shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alissa Wilkinson
- Released
- May 27, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Arts & Entertainment, Women
- ISBN
- 9781696619233
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine audiobook?
We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is the We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine?
We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine is narrated by Alissa Wilkinson.