The Swimmer: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Swimmer runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Patience Tomlinson (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Patience Tomlinson
Patience Tomlinson narrates 69 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 716 hours in all.
About as long, on the Psychological shelf
1,733 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Guest List
- Local Woman Missing
- The Woman in Cabin 10
- An Anonymous Girl
- Something in the Water
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 Swimmer is an audiobook by Roma Tearne: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Patience Tomlinson, released October 14, 2010, on the Psychological shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patience Tomlinson
- Released
- October 14, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological
- ISBN
- 9780007399154
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Swimmer as an audiobook?
The Swimmer runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is The Swimmer free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Swimmer?
The Swimmer is narrated by Patience Tomlinson.
Is The Swimmer worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.