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Barren Island by Carol Zoref

Barren Island: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Barren Island audiobook runs 13.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Elizabeth Wiley (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Barren Island at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,703 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

Barren Island is an audiobook by Carol Zoref: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Elizabeth Wiley, released March 20, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.3 hrs
Narrated by
Elizabeth Wiley
Released
March 20, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781977374615

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Barren Island audiobook?

Barren Island runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.

Is the Barren Island audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Barren Island?

Barren Island is narrated by Elizabeth Wiley.

Is Barren Island worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.