Boy in the Water: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Boy in the Water audiobook runs 14.9 hours unabridged, narrated by George Newbern (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 14.9 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by George Newbern
George Newbern narrates 502 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,800 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,116 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
Boy in the Water is an audiobook by Stephen Dobyns: a 14.9-hour unabridged recording, read by George Newbern, released December 22, 2015, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- George Newbern
- Released
- December 22, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781666586831
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Boy in the Water audiobook?
Boy in the Water runs 14.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.
Is the Boy in the Water audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Boy in the Water?
Boy in the Water is narrated by George Newbern.
Is Boy in the Water worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 5 hours.