Backlands: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Backlands audiobook runs 8.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Carla Mercer-Meyer (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.9 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Carla Mercer-Meyer
Carla Mercer-Meyer narrates 114 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 972 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,730 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
Backlands is an audiobook by Victoria Shorr: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Carla Mercer-Meyer, released May 11, 2015, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Carla Mercer-Meyer
- Released
- May 11, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781494582968
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Backlands audiobook?
Backlands runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is the Backlands audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Backlands?
Backlands is narrated by Carla Mercer-Meyer.