A Thousand Acres: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Thousand Acres runs 14.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by C.J. Critt (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by C.J. Critt
C.J. Critt narrates 59 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 554 hours in all.
- Postmortem
- Body of Evidence
- Unnatural Exposure
- Cruel and Unusual
- All That Remains
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,150 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 Thousand Acres is an audiobook by Jane Smiley: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by C.J. Critt, released April 25, 2008, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- C.J. Critt
- Released
- April 25, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781436138093
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Thousand Acres as an audiobook?
A Thousand Acres runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.
Is A Thousand Acres free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Thousand Acres?
A Thousand Acres is narrated by C.J. Critt.
Is A Thousand Acres worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 4.9 hours.