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Quicksand by Steve Toltz

Quicksand: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Quicksand audiobook runs 16.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Joel Davey (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Quicksand at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 16.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

715 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

Quicksand is an audiobook by Steve Toltz: a 16.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joel Davey, released September 15, 2015, on the Literary Fiction and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.5 hrs
Narrated by
Joel Davey
Released
September 15, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Comedy, Satire & Parody
ISBN
9781442394193

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Quicksand audiobook?

Quicksand runs 16.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.

Is the Quicksand audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Quicksand?

Quicksand is narrated by Joel Davey.

Is Quicksand worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.