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Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult

Songs of the Humpback Whale: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Songs of the Humpback Whale audiobook runs 15.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Jim Colby and Liz Morton and others (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.2listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Songs of the Humpback Whale at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 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 15.2 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Jim Colby

Jim Colby narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 92 hours in all.

All Jim Colby audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

3,689 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

Songs of the Humpback Whale is an audiobook by Jodi Picoult: a 15.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Colby, Liz Morton and Chris Sorensen and others, released May 15, 2009, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.2 hrs
Narrated by
Jim Colby, Liz Morton, Chris Sorensen, Carol Monda, Jonathan Davis
Released
May 15, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781440718113

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Songs of the Humpback Whale audiobook?

Songs of the Humpback Whale runs 15.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.

Is the Songs of the Humpback Whale audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Songs of the Humpback Whale?

Songs of the Humpback Whale is narrated by Jim Colby, Liz Morton, Chris Sorensen and Carol Monda and others.

Is Songs of the Humpback Whale worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.