Buttered Side Down: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Buttered Side Down audiobook runs 4.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Xe Sands (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.6 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Xe Sands
Xe Sands narrates 477 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,383 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
2,414 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
Buttered Side Down is an audiobook by Edna Ferber: a 4.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Xe Sands, released January 1, 2016, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Xe Sands
- Released
- January 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Buttered Side Down audiobook?
Buttered Side Down runs 4.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.
Is the Buttered Side Down audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Buttered Side Down?
Buttered Side Down is narrated by Xe Sands.