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Broke Heart Blues by Joyce Carol Oates

Broke Heart Blues: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Broke Heart Blues audiobook runs 19.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Barton Caplan and Vas Eli and others (about 13.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

19.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 19.6 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 19.6 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

380 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

Broke Heart Blues is an audiobook by Joyce Carol Oates: a 19.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Barton Caplan, Vas Eli and Finlay Stevenson and others, released November 19, 2024, on the Psychological and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
19.6 hrs
Narrated by
Barton Caplan, Vas Eli, Finlay Stevenson, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Brittany Pressley, Linda Jones
Released
November 19, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9798217071340

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Broke Heart Blues audiobook?

Broke Heart Blues runs 19.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.1 hours.

Is the Broke Heart Blues audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Broke Heart Blues?

Broke Heart Blues is narrated by Barton Caplan, Vas Eli, Finlay Stevenson and Chris Andrew Ciulla and others.

Is Broke Heart Blues worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.1 hours, saving 6.5 hours.