The Sportswriter: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Frank Bascombe series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sportswriter runs 14.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Poe (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Frank Bascombe
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 35.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sportswriter | 14.8 hrs |
| 2 | Independence Day | 20.4 hrs |
More narrated by Richard Poe
Richard Poe narrates 198 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,360 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,153 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 Sportswriter is book 1 of Richard Ford's Frank Bascombe series: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Poe, released April 4, 2008, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Poe
- Released
- April 4, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- Series
- Frank Bascombe #1
- ISBN
- 9781436123914
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sportswriter as an audiobook?
The Sportswriter runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.
Is The Sportswriter free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sportswriter?
The Sportswriter is narrated by Richard Poe.
Is The Sportswriter worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 4.9 hours.