The Antidote: The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted author of Swamplandia!: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Antidote: The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted author of Swamplandia! runs 16.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Riding and Elena Rey and others (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Elena Rey
Elena Rey narrates 118 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,078 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
663 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
The Antidote: The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted author of Swamplandia! is an audiobook by Karen Russell: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by James Riding, Elena Rey and Jon Orsini and others, released March 13, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Riding, Elena Rey, Jon Orsini, Sophie Amoss, Natasha Soudek, Shayna Small
- Released
- March 13, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781529966695
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Antidote: The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted author of Swamplandia! as an audiobook?
The Antidote: The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted author of Swamplandia! runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is The Antidote: The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted author of Swamplandia! free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Antidote: The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted author of Swamplandia!?
The Antidote: The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted author of Swamplandia! is narrated by James Riding, Elena Rey, Jon Orsini and Sophie Amoss and others.
Is The Antidote: The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted author of Swamplandia! worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.6 hours.