Black Water: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Water audiobook runs 12.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Burnip (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 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 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Burnip
Richard Burnip narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 508 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,021 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
Black Water is an audiobook by Louise Doughty: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Burnip, released September 13, 2016, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Burnip
- Released
- September 13, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781511394208
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Black Water audiobook?
Black Water runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is the Black Water audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Black Water?
Black Water is narrated by Richard Burnip.
Is Black Water worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.