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Charming Billy by Alice McDermott

Charming Billy: Audiobook

Part of Picador Modern Classics

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Charming Billy audiobook runs 8.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Barrie Kreinik (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Charming Billy at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.9 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Barrie Kreinik

Barrie Kreinik narrates 215 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,156 hours in all.

All Barrie Kreinik audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,733 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

Charming Billy is an audiobook by Alice McDermott: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Barrie Kreinik, released July 17, 2018, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.9 hrs
Narrated by
Barrie Kreinik
Released
July 17, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
Series
Picador Modern Classics
ISBN
9781250310903

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Charming Billy audiobook?

Charming Billy runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is the Charming Billy audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Charming Billy?

Charming Billy is narrated by Barrie Kreinik.