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Black Water Rising by Attica Locke

Black Water Rising: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Jay Porter series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Water Rising audiobook runs 13.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Dion Graham (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.9listening hrs
BIPOC Stories & Voicesstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Black Water Rising at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 4,913 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf

334 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2015 recording read by Jeff Harding runs 0.6 hours shorter (13.3 hours).

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 Water Rising is book 1 of Attica Locke's Jay Porter series: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Dion Graham, released June 9, 2009, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.9 hrs
Narrated by
Dion Graham
Released
June 9, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
BIPOC Stories & Voices
Series
Jay Porter Series #1
ISBN
9780061901898

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Black Water Rising audiobook?

Black Water Rising runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.

Is the Black Water Rising audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Black Water Rising?

Black Water Rising is narrated by Dion Graham.

Is Black Water Rising worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.