The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
Gain by Richard Powers

Gain: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Gain audiobook runs 17.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Elisabeth Rodgers (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Gain at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 17.3 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

605 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

Gain is an audiobook by Richard Powers: a 17.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Elisabeth Rodgers, released November 16, 2018, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.3 hrs
Narrated by
Elisabeth Rodgers
Released
November 16, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781980016687

How to listen to Gain free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is the Gain audiobook?

Gain runs 17.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.

Is the Gain audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Gain?

Gain is narrated by Elisabeth Rodgers.

Is Gain worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.8 hours.