We Were Eight Years in Power: A definitive state-of-the-nation analysis of modern America and New York Times bestseller: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the We Were Eight Years in Power: A definitive state-of-the-nation analysis of modern America and New York Times bestseller audiobook runs 13.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Beresford Bennett (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 13.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Beresford Bennett
Beresford Bennett narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 430 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
891 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
We Were Eight Years in Power: A definitive state-of-the-nation analysis of modern America and New York Times bestseller is an audiobook by Ta-Nehisi Coates: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Beresford Bennett, released October 5, 2017, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Beresford Bennett
- Released
- October 5, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9780241983584
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How long is the We Were Eight Years in Power: A definitive state-of-the-nation analysis of modern America and New York Times bestseller audiobook?
We Were Eight Years in Power: A definitive state-of-the-nation analysis of modern America and New York Times bestseller runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is the We Were Eight Years in Power: A definitive state-of-the-nation analysis of modern America and New York Times bestseller audiobook free?
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Who narrates We Were Eight Years in Power: A definitive state-of-the-nation analysis of modern America and New York Times bestseller?
We Were Eight Years in Power: A definitive state-of-the-nation analysis of modern America and New York Times bestseller is narrated by Beresford Bennett.
Is We Were Eight Years in Power: A definitive state-of-the-nation analysis of modern America and New York Times bestseller worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.