Oil on Water: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Oil on Water audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Allen (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 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 |
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What our data says
- At 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Allen
Richard Allen narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 411 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,622 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
Oil on Water is an audiobook by Helon Habila: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Allen, released May 16, 2011, on the Literary Fiction and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Allen
- Released
- May 16, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781666598940
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Oil on Water audiobook?
Oil on Water runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the Oil on Water audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Oil on Water?
Oil on Water is narrated by Richard Allen.