The Black Earth: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Earth runs 13.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Keeble (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jonathan Keeble
Jonathan Keeble narrates 378 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,136 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,249 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- Circe
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- The Invention of Wings
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 Black Earth is an audiobook by Philip Kazan: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Keeble, released December 1, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Keeble
- Released
- December 1, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781445085869
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Black Earth as an audiobook?
The Black Earth runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is The Black Earth free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Black Earth?
The Black Earth is narrated by Jonathan Keeble.
Is The Black Earth worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.