Tar Baby: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tar Baby audiobook runs 11.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Desiree Coleman and Karen Murray (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Karen Murray
Karen Murray narrates 60 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 507 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,535 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
Tar Baby is an audiobook by Toni Morrison: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Desiree Coleman and Karen Murray, released July 19, 2011, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Desiree Coleman, Karen Murray
- Released
- July 19, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- BIPOC Stories & Voices, Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780307939876
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Tar Baby audiobook?
Tar Baby runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is the Tar Baby audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Tar Baby?
Tar Baby is narrated by Desiree Coleman and Karen Murray.
Is Tar Baby worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.