Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories audiobook runs 16.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Maggie-Meg Reed and Jason Culp (about 10.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 16.2 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Maggie-Meg Reed
Maggie-Meg Reed narrates 94 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 989 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
790 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
Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories is an audiobook by Joyce Carol Oates: a 16.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Maggie-Meg Reed and Jason Culp, released September 9, 2014, on the Contemporary Women and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Maggie-Meg Reed, Jason Culp
- Released
- September 9, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Literary Fiction, Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9780062362094
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories audiobook?
Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories runs 16.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.8 hours.
Is the Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories?
Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories is narrated by Maggie-Meg Reed and Jason Culp.
Is Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.8 hours, saving 5.4 hours.