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Sounder by William H. Armstrong

Sounder: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sounder audiobook runs 2.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Avery Brooks (about 1.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.4listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Kids)store shelf
2006released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Sounder at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day5 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 2.4 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 7,218 Animals & Nature (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf

212 Animals & Nature (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

Sounder is an audiobook by William H. Armstrong: a 2.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Avery Brooks, released January 3, 2006, on the Classics (Kids) and Animals & Nature (Kids) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.4 hrs
Narrated by
Avery Brooks
Released
January 3, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Kids), Animals & Nature (Kids)
ISBN
9780061146510

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Sounder audiobook?

Sounder runs 2.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.6 hours.

Is the Sounder audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Sounder?

Sounder is narrated by Avery Brooks.