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The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens

The Life We Bury: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Life We Bury runs 8.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Zach Villa (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.4listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Life We Bury at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Zach Villa

Zach Villa narrates 17 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 139 hours in all.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,093 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Life We Bury is an audiobook by Allen Eskens: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Zach Villa, released June 9, 2015, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.4 hrs
Narrated by
Zach Villa
Released
June 9, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781494583880

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Life We Bury as an audiobook?

The Life We Bury runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is The Life We Bury free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Life We Bury?

The Life We Bury is narrated by Zach Villa.