The Surfacing: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Surfacing runs 15.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Chris MacDonnell (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 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 15.7 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Chris MacDonnell
Chris MacDonnell narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 98 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
881 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2014 recording read by Nick McArdle runs 1.5 hours shorter (14.3 hours).
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 Surfacing is an audiobook by Cormac James: a 15.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris MacDonnell, released June 2, 2015, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Chris MacDonnell
- Released
- June 2, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781504612463
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Surfacing as an audiobook?
The Surfacing runs 15.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Is The Surfacing free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Surfacing?
The Surfacing is narrated by Chris MacDonnell.
Is The Surfacing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.2 hours.