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Sink or Swim by Bob Balaban

Sink or Swim: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sink or Swim audiobook runs 4.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Bob Balaban (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.7listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Sink or Swim at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day10 days
1 hour / day5 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 4.7 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf

1,053 Non-fiction (Kids) 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

Sink or Swim is an audiobook by Bob Balaban: a 4.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Bob Balaban, released August 8, 2013, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Mystery & Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.7 hrs
Narrated by
Bob Balaban
Released
August 8, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-fiction (Kids), Mystery & Fantasy, Humor
ISBN
9781666602470

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Sink or Swim audiobook?

Sink or Swim runs 4.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.

Is the Sink or Swim audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Sink or Swim?

Sink or Swim is narrated by Bob Balaban.