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The Bear by Andrew Krivak

The Bear: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bear runs 4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Eric Jason Martin (about 2.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4listening hrs
Coming of Agestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Bear at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day8 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 4 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 1,372 Coming of Age audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Coming of Age shelf

32 Coming of Age audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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  • Ghost WallSarah Moss · 3.8 hrs
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  • Inseparable: A Never-Before-Published NovelSimone de Beauvoir · 4 hrs

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 Bear is an audiobook by Andrew Krivak: a 4-hour unabridged recording, read by Eric Jason Martin, released February 11, 2020, on the Coming of Age and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
4 hrs
Narrated by
Eric Jason Martin
Released
February 11, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Coming of Age, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
ISBN
9781684574902

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Bear as an audiobook?

The Bear runs 4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.7 hours.

Is The Bear free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Bear?

The Bear is narrated by Eric Jason Martin.