The River: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The River runs 3.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gregory Papst (about 2.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.1 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 5,087 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gregory Papst
Gregory Papst narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 57 hours in all.
About as long, on the Westerns & War shelf
77 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Unabridged Selections from The Frontier Stories: Volume 1
- Deadwood Dick's Doom; or, Calamity Jane's Last Adventure
- A Plague of Zombies
- The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Unabridged Selections from The Frontier Stories: Volume 2: What Gold Does to a Man; The Ghosts of Buckskin Run; The Drift; No Man's Mesa
- The One for the Mojave Kid/Lonigan/War Party
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 River is an audiobook by Douglas Hirt: a 3.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Gregory Papst, released September 15, 2004, on the Westerns & War shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gregory Papst
- Released
- September 15, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Westerns & War
- ISBN
- 9781596071612
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The River as an audiobook?
The River runs 3.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.1 hours.
Is The River free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The River?
The River is narrated by Gregory Papst.