Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Aunjanue Ellis (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 4,913 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf
1,106 BIPOC Stories & Voices 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
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is an audiobook by Zora Neale Hurston: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Aunjanue Ellis, released March 17, 2020, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices and Short Stories shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Aunjanue Ellis
- Released
- March 17, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- BIPOC Stories & Voices, Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9780008374730
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick audiobook?
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is the Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick?
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is narrated by Aunjanue Ellis.