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Death by Water by Kenzaburo OE

Death by Water: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Death by Water audiobook runs 16.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Boehmer (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Death by Water at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.8 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

661 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

Death by Water is an audiobook by Kenzaburo OE: a 16.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Boehmer, released November 3, 2015, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.8 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Boehmer
Released
November 3, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781494588670

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Death by Water audiobook?

Death by Water runs 16.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.

Is the Death by Water audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Death by Water?

Death by Water is narrated by Paul Boehmer.

Is Death by Water worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.