Lives of the Poets: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Lives of the Poets audiobook runs 4.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Jesse Bernstein and John Rubinstein (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 4.9 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jesse Bernstein
Jesse Bernstein narrates 72 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 578 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
695 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things
- Infinite Country
- Half His Age
- Exit West
- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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
Lives of the Poets is an audiobook by E.L. Doctorow: a 4.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jesse Bernstein and John Rubinstein, released February 18, 2014, on the Literary Fiction and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jesse Bernstein, John Rubinstein
- Released
- February 18, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Psychological, Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9780804163866
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Lives of the Poets audiobook?
Lives of the Poets runs 4.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is the Lives of the Poets audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Lives of the Poets?
Lives of the Poets is narrated by Jesse Bernstein and John Rubinstein.