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The Black Painting by Neil Olson

The Black Painting: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Painting runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Black Painting at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.8 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,696 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 Black Painting is an audiobook by Neil Olson: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Woo Zeller, released January 9, 2018, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.8 hrs
Narrated by
Emily Woo Zeller
Released
January 9, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781488203909

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Black Painting as an audiobook?

The Black Painting runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is The Black Painting free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Black Painting?

The Black Painting is narrated by Emily Woo Zeller.