Blacks: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blacks audiobook runs 7.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Karen Chilton (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.6 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Karen Chilton
Karen Chilton narrates 162 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,555 hours in all.
About as long, on the Poetry shelf
45 Poetry 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
Blacks is an audiobook by Gwendolyn Brooks: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Karen Chilton, released July 27, 2026, on the Poetry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Karen Chilton
- Released
- July 27, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Poetry
- ISBN
- 9798897563036
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blacks audiobook?
Blacks runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is the Blacks audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Blacks?
Blacks is narrated by Karen Chilton.