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The Crossing by Howard Fast

The Crossing: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Crossing runs 6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Norman Dietz (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Crossing at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day12 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 6 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

616 Historical (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 Crossing is an audiobook by Howard Fast: a 6-hour unabridged recording, read by Norman Dietz, released April 22, 2011, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6 hrs
Narrated by
Norman Dietz
Released
April 22, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
ISBN
9781461810315

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Crossing as an audiobook?

The Crossing runs 6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.

Is The Crossing free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Crossing?

The Crossing is narrated by Norman Dietz.