The Lay of the Land: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Bascombe series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lay of the Land runs 25 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joe Barrett (about 16.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 25 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 50 days |
| 1 hour / day | 25 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 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 25 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joe Barrett
Joe Barrett narrates 394 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,244 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
156 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- East Of Eden
- Cutting for Stone
- America's First Daughter
- The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)
- My Dear Hamilton
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 Lay of the Land is book 3 of Richard Ford's Bascombe series: a 25-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Barrett, released October 24, 2006, on the Literary Fiction and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 25 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Barrett
- Released
- October 24, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Drama, Essays & Anthologies
- Series
- Bascombe Trilogy #3
- ISBN
- 9780739339770
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lay of the Land as an audiobook?
The Lay of the Land runs 25 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.7 hours.
Is The Lay of the Land free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Lay of the Land?
The Lay of the Land is narrated by Joe Barrett.
Is The Lay of the Land worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.7 hours, saving 8.3 hours.