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The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club) by Wally Lamb

The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club): Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club) runs 14.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jeremy Sisto (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club) at common listening paces
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30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.7 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,186 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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 Waiting (Oprah's Book Club) is an audiobook by Wally Lamb: a 14.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeremy Sisto, released June 10, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.7 hrs
Narrated by
Jeremy Sisto
Released
June 10, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Drama, Books with Buzz
ISBN
9781797188348

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club) as an audiobook?

The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club) runs 14.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.

Is The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club) free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club)?

The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club) is narrated by Jeremy Sisto.

Is The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club) worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.