The Boat: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Boat runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jesús E. Martínez and Ali Ahn and others (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jesús E. Martínez
Jesús E. Martínez narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 34 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,057 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 is an audiobook by Nam Le: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Jesús E. Martínez, Ali Ahn and Gideon Emery and others, released March 13, 2009, on the Literary Fiction and Short Stories shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jesús E. Martínez, Ali Ahn, Gideon Emery, Jennifer Ikeda, Henry Strozier, James Yaegashi
- Released
- March 13, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781440708480
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Boat as an audiobook?
The Boat runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Boat free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Boat?
The Boat is narrated by Jesús E. Martínez, Ali Ahn, Gideon Emery and Jennifer Ikeda and others.
Is The Boat worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.