Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry audiobook runs 16.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Jim Meskimen (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.4 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jim Meskimen
Jim Meskimen narrates 226 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,079 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
516 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
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
Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry is an audiobook by David Streitfeld: a 16.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Meskimen, released March 24, 2026, on the The Americas and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jim Meskimen
- Released
- March 24, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Biography & Memoir, Literature
- ISBN
- 9780063234949
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry audiobook?
Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry runs 16.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.
Is the Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry?
Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry is narrated by Jim Meskimen.
Is Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.5 hours.