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Balm by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Balm: Audiobook

by Dolen Perkins-Valdez · narrated by Lisa Renee Pitts · unabridged · 2015

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Balm audiobook runs 9.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Lisa Renee Pitts (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2015released
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Based on 9.3 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Lisa Renee Pitts

Lisa Renee Pitts narrates 22 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 158 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,907 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

Balm is an audiobook by Dolen Perkins-Valdez: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisa Renee Pitts, released May 26, 2015, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.3 hrs
Narrated by
Lisa Renee Pitts
Released
May 26, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
BIPOC Stories & Voices, Literary Fiction, Paranormal
ISBN
9780062395160

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Balm audiobook?

Balm runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.

Is the Balm audiobook free?

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Who narrates Balm?

Balm is narrated by Lisa Renee Pitts.