Going for a Beer: Selected Short Fictions: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Going for a Beer: Selected Short Fictions audiobook runs 13.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Charlie Thurston (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Charlie Thurston
Charlie Thurston narrates 151 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,522 hours in all.
About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
142 Short Stories 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
Going for a Beer: Selected Short Fictions is an audiobook by Robert Coover: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Charlie Thurston, released February 6, 2018, on the Short Stories shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Charlie Thurston
- Released
- February 6, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781684410057
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Going for a Beer: Selected Short Fictions audiobook?
Going for a Beer: Selected Short Fictions runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Going for a Beer: Selected Short Fictions audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Going for a Beer: Selected Short Fictions?
Going for a Beer: Selected Short Fictions is narrated by Charlie Thurston.
Is Going for a Beer: Selected Short Fictions worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.