On the Plain of Snakes: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On the Plain of Snakes audiobook runs 20 hours unabridged, narrated by Joseph Balderrama (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 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 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joseph Balderrama
Joseph Balderrama narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 233 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
660 Non-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
On the Plain of Snakes is an audiobook by Paul Theroux: a 20-hour unabridged recording, read by Joseph Balderrama, released October 10, 2019, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joseph Balderrama
- Released
- October 10, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781528881715
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On the Plain of Snakes audiobook?
On the Plain of Snakes runs 20 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is the On the Plain of Snakes audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates On the Plain of Snakes?
On the Plain of Snakes is narrated by Joseph Balderrama.
Is On the Plain of Snakes worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.7 hours.