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Plainsong by Kent Haruf

Plainsong: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Plainsong audiobook runs 9.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Tom Stechschulte (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.1listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Plainsong at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,796 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

Plainsong is an audiobook by Kent Haruf: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Stechschulte, released January 13, 2012, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.1 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Stechschulte
Released
January 13, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781461810759

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Plainsong audiobook?

Plainsong runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is the Plainsong audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Plainsong?

Plainsong is narrated by Tom Stechschulte.