The Gold Bug Variations: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gold Bug Variations runs 32.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Andrew Garman and Rachel Botchan (about 21.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 32.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 65 days |
| 1 hour / day | 33 days |
| 2 hours / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 22 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 32.4 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Andrew Garman
Andrew Garman narrates 39 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 517 hours in all.
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- Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
- Meet Me in Atlantis: My Obsessive Quest to Find the Sunken City
- A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals About Human Desire
- Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
49 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Covenant of Water
- The Goldfinch
- The Fountainhead
- The City of Mirrors
- The Brothers Karamazov
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 Gold Bug Variations is an audiobook by Richard Powers: a 32.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Andrew Garman and Rachel Botchan, released December 21, 2018, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 32.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Andrew Garman, Rachel Botchan
- Released
- December 21, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781980016700
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Gold Bug Variations as an audiobook?
The Gold Bug Variations runs 32.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 21.6 hours.
Is The Gold Bug Variations free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Gold Bug Variations?
The Gold Bug Variations is narrated by Andrew Garman and Rachel Botchan.
Is The Gold Bug Variations worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 21.6 hours, saving 10.8 hours.