The Bean Trees: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bean Trees runs 9.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by C. J. Critt (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by C. J. Critt
C. J. Critt narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 99 hours in all.
- Rattlesnake Crossing: A Joanna Brady Mystery
- Dead to Rights
- Back to the Bedroom
- Somebody to Love: A Cupid, Texas Novel
- Love With a Perfect Cowboy: A Cupid, Texas Novel
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,237 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- An American Marriage
- Daisy Jones & The Six
- The Couple Next Door
- The Life We Bury
- A Man Called Ove
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Bean Trees is an audiobook by Barbara Kingsolver: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by C. J. Critt, released May 19, 2009, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- C. J. Critt
- Released
- May 19, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780061901874
How to listen to The Bean Trees free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bean Trees as an audiobook?
The Bean Trees runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is The Bean Trees free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bean Trees?
The Bean Trees is narrated by C. J. Critt.