A Spool of Blue Thread: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Spool of Blue Thread runs 13.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kimberly Farr (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kimberly Farr
Kimberly Farr narrates 85 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 993 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
744 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Spool of Blue Thread is an audiobook by Anne Tyler: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Kimberly Farr, released February 10, 2015, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kimberly Farr
- Released
- February 10, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780553551044
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Spool of Blue Thread as an audiobook?
A Spool of Blue Thread runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.
Is A Spool of Blue Thread free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Spool of Blue Thread?
A Spool of Blue Thread is narrated by Kimberly Farr.
Is A Spool of Blue Thread worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.