Black Gold: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Gold audiobook runs 12.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Rusty Nelson (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rusty Nelson
Rusty Nelson narrates 175 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,290 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,556 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- Circe
- Water for Elephants
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- The Invention of Wings
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
Black Gold is an audiobook by Fred Bean: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Rusty Nelson, released May 15, 2007, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rusty Nelson
- Released
- May 15, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781596077621
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Black Gold audiobook?
Black Gold runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is the Black Gold audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Black Gold?
Black Gold is narrated by Rusty Nelson.
Is Black Gold worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.