The River Why: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The River Why runs 15.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dick Hill (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Dick Hill
Dick Hill narrates 355 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,167 hours in all.
- The Black Echo
- Killing Floor
- The Black Ice
- The Concrete Blonde
- The Last Coyote
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
947 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 Why is an audiobook by David James Duncan: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Dick Hill, released June 6, 2017, on the Coming of Age and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dick Hill
- Released
- June 6, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781478915829
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The River Why as an audiobook?
The River Why runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is The River Why free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The River Why?
The River Why is narrated by Dick Hill.
Is The River Why worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.