The Boat People: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Boat People runs 13.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Athena Karkanis (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 86% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Athena Karkanis
Athena Karkanis narrates 29 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 278 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,626 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 Boat People is an audiobook by Sharon Bala: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Athena Karkanis, released January 9, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Athena Karkanis
- Released
- January 9, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780771001864
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Boat People as an audiobook?
The Boat People runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is The Boat People free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Boat People?
The Boat People is narrated by Athena Karkanis.
Is The Boat People worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.