The Boatbuilder: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Boatbuilder runs 5.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Shawn Compton (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.2 hours, it is shorter than 84% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Shawn Compton
Shawn Compton narrates 160 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,476 hours in all.
- The Bondage Breaker: Overcoming Negative Thoughts, Irrational Feelings, Habitual Sins
- He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe In Himself
- Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea
- The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand
- Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
855 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things
- Sandwich
- Infinite Country
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle
- Notes From The Underground (Version 2)
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 Boatbuilder is an audiobook by Daniel Gumbiner: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Shawn Compton, released December 18, 2018, on the Literary Fiction and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shawn Compton
- Released
- December 18, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781684419388
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Boatbuilder as an audiobook?
The Boatbuilder runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.
Is The Boatbuilder free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Boatbuilder?
The Boatbuilder is narrated by Shawn Compton.