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Before the Wind by Jim Lynch

Before the Wind: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before the Wind audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Roger Wayne (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Before the Wind at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,884 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

Before the Wind is an audiobook by Jim Lynch: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Roger Wayne, released April 19, 2016, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.2 hrs
Narrated by
Roger Wayne
Released
April 19, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781681681450

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Before the Wind audiobook?

Before the Wind runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is the Before the Wind audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Before the Wind?

Before the Wind is narrated by Roger Wayne.