The Given Day: Audiobook
Part of Serie Negra
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Given Day runs 23.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Boatman (about 15.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 48 days |
| 1 hour / day | 24 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 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 23.9 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Boatman
Michael Boatman narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 418 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
173 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 Given Day is an audiobook by Dennis Lehane: a 23.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Boatman, released October 28, 2008, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Boatman
- Released
- October 28, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- Series
- Serie Negra
- ISBN
- 9780061802782
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Given Day as an audiobook?
The Given Day runs 23.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.9 hours.
Is The Given Day free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Given Day?
The Given Day is narrated by Michael Boatman.
Is The Given Day worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.9 hours, saving 8 hours.