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The Water Dancer: The New York Times Bestseller by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Water Dancer: The New York Times Bestseller: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Water Dancer: The New York Times Bestseller runs 14.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joe Morton (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Water Dancer: The New York Times Bestseller at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14.2 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,336 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 Water Dancer: The New York Times Bestseller is an audiobook by Ta-Nehisi Coates: a 14.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Morton, released October 3, 2019, on the Literary Fiction and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.2 hrs
Narrated by
Joe Morton
Released
October 3, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, BIPOC Stories & Voices, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
ISBN
9780241988619

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Water Dancer: The New York Times Bestseller as an audiobook?

The Water Dancer: The New York Times Bestseller runs 14.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.

Is The Water Dancer: The New York Times Bestseller free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Water Dancer: The New York Times Bestseller?

The Water Dancer: The New York Times Bestseller is narrated by Joe Morton.

Is The Water Dancer: The New York Times Bestseller worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.7 hours.