A Drop of Patience: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Drop of Patience runs 6.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jay Smooth (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.1 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jay Smooth
Jay Smooth narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 36 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,229 Literary Fiction 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
A Drop of Patience is an audiobook by William Melvin Kelley: a 6.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jay Smooth, released June 30, 2020, on the Literary Fiction and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jay Smooth
- Released
- June 30, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Coming of Age
- ISBN
- 9780593293171
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Drop of Patience as an audiobook?
A Drop of Patience runs 6.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.
Is A Drop of Patience free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Drop of Patience?
A Drop of Patience is narrated by Jay Smooth.