Black and Blue: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black and Blue audiobook runs 9.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Ruth Ann Phimister (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ruth Ann Phimister
Ruth Ann Phimister narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 60 hours in all.
- Rant: An Oral History of Buster Casey
- To To Dream Anew
- Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
- Zombies of the Gene Pool
- The Secret Handshake: Mastering the Politics of the Business Inner Circle
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,267 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- An American Marriage
- Daisy Jones & The Six
- The Couple Next Door
- A Man Called Ove
- Oryx and Crake
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Black and Blue is an audiobook by Anna Quindlen: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ruth Ann Phimister, released May 9, 2008, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ruth Ann Phimister
- Released
- May 9, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781436135825
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Black and Blue audiobook?
Black and Blue runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is the Black and Blue audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Black and Blue?
Black and Blue is narrated by Ruth Ann Phimister.