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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo runs 14.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by BD Wong and Renée Elise Goldsberry and others (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.7listening hrs
Essays & Anthologiesstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo at common listening paces
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What our data says

  • At 14.7 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo is an audiobook by George Saunders: a 14.7-hour unabridged recording, read by BD Wong, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Rainn Wilson and others, released January 12, 2021, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.7 hrs
Narrated by
BD Wong, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Rainn Wilson, Nick Offerman, George Saunders, Phylicia Rashad
Released
January 12, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Essays & Anthologies
ISBN
9781526624277

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo as an audiobook?

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo runs 14.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.

Is A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo?

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo is narrated by BD Wong, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Rainn Wilson and Nick Offerman and others.

Is A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.