Blues: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blues audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Norman Dietz (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.5 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Norman Dietz
Norman Dietz narrates 137 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,621 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
387 Classics (Literature) 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
Blues is an audiobook by John Hersey: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Norman Dietz, released April 8, 2011, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Norman Dietz
- Released
- April 8, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781436147323
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blues audiobook?
Blues runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is the Blues audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Blues?
Blues is narrated by Norman Dietz.