Independence Day: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Frank Bascombe series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Independence Day audiobook runs 20.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Poe (about 13.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.4 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Frank Bascombe
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14.8 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 35.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sportswriter | 14.8 hrs |
| 2 | Independence Day | 20.4 hrs |
More narrated by Richard Poe
Richard Poe narrates 198 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,360 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
315 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
Independence Day is book 2 of Richard Ford's Frank Bascombe series: a 20.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Poe, released November 28, 2008, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Poe
- Released
- November 28, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- Series
- Frank Bascombe #2
- ISBN
- 9781436123860
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Independence Day audiobook?
Independence Day runs 20.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.6 hours.
Is the Independence Day audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Independence Day?
Independence Day is narrated by Richard Poe.
Is Independence Day worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.6 hours, saving 6.8 hours.