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Plowing the Dark by Richard Powers

Plowing the Dark: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Plowing the Dark audiobook runs 18.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Braun and Morgan Hallett (about 12.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Plowing the Dark at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 18.5 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

474 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

Plowing the Dark is an audiobook by Richard Powers: a 18.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Braun and Morgan Hallett, released June 21, 2019, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.5 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Braun, Morgan Hallett
Released
June 21, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781980017226

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Plowing the Dark audiobook?

Plowing the Dark runs 18.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.3 hours.

Is the Plowing the Dark audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Plowing the Dark?

Plowing the Dark is narrated by Michael Braun and Morgan Hallett.

Is Plowing the Dark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.3 hours, saving 6.2 hours.