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Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

Prodigal Summer: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Prodigal Summer audiobook runs 15.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Barbara Kingsolver (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2005released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Prodigal Summer at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 97 hours in all.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

862 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

Prodigal Summer is an audiobook by Barbara Kingsolver: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Barbara Kingsolver, released November 8, 2005, on the Literary Fiction and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.8 hrs
Narrated by
Barbara Kingsolver
Released
November 8, 2005
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Fiction
ISBN
9780060894634

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Prodigal Summer audiobook?

Prodigal Summer runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.

Is the Prodigal Summer audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Prodigal Summer?

Prodigal Summer is narrated by Barbara Kingsolver.

Is Prodigal Summer worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.3 hours.