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Dragon Seed by Pearl S. Buck

Dragon Seed: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dragon Seed audiobook runs 14.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Adam Verner (about 9.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.1listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dragon Seed at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.1 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,377 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

Dragon Seed is an audiobook by Pearl S. Buck: a 14.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Adam Verner, released October 1, 2010, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.1 hrs
Narrated by
Adam Verner
Released
October 1, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781608147595

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dragon Seed audiobook?

Dragon Seed runs 14.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.4 hours.

Is the Dragon Seed audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dragon Seed?

Dragon Seed is narrated by Adam Verner.

Is Dragon Seed worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.4 hours, saving 4.7 hours.