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Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo

Nobody's Fool: Audiobook

Book 1 of the North Bath series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Nobody's Fool audiobook runs 24.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Ron McLarty (about 16.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

24.9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2003released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 24.9 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day25 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

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What our data says

  • At 24.9 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on North Bath Trilogy

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 60 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Nobody's Fool24.9 hrs
2Everybody's Fool18.9 hrs
3Somebody's Fool16.2 hrs

More narrated by Ron McLarty

Ron McLarty narrates 79 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 595 hours in all.

All Ron McLarty audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

157 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

Nobody's Fool is book 1 of Richard Russo's North Bath series: a 24.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron McLarty, released August 12, 2003, on the Literary Fiction and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
24.9 hrs
Narrated by
Ron McLarty
Released
August 12, 2003
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Drama
Series
North Bath Trilogy #1
ISBN
9780739306949

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Nobody's Fool audiobook?

Nobody's Fool runs 24.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.6 hours.

Is the Nobody's Fool audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Nobody's Fool?

Nobody's Fool is narrated by Ron McLarty.

Is Nobody's Fool worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.6 hours, saving 8.3 hours.