The Orphaned Swimming Pool: A Selection from the John Updike Audio Collection: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Orphaned Swimming Pool: A Selection from the John Updike Audio Collection runs 0.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Updike (about 0.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 0.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 0.2 hours, it is shorter than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Updike
John Updike narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 22 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
38 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Friendzone
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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 Orphaned Swimming Pool: A Selection from the John Updike Audio Collection is an audiobook by John Updike: a 0.2-hour unabridged recording, read by John Updike, released August 11, 2009, on the Literary Fiction and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Updike
- Released
- August 11, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9780061962493
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How long is The Orphaned Swimming Pool: A Selection from the John Updike Audio Collection as an audiobook?
The Orphaned Swimming Pool: A Selection from the John Updike Audio Collection runs 0.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.1 hours.
Is The Orphaned Swimming Pool: A Selection from the John Updike Audio Collection free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Orphaned Swimming Pool: A Selection from the John Updike Audio Collection?
The Orphaned Swimming Pool: A Selection from the John Updike Audio Collection is narrated by John Updike.