The Water Dancer: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Water Dancer runs 14.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joe Morton (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 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 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joe Morton
Joe Morton narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 173 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,322 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 is an audiobook by Ta-Nehisi Coates: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Morton, released September 24, 2019, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Morton
- Released
- September 24, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Literary Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- ISBN
- 9780241989357
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Water Dancer as an audiobook?
The Water Dancer runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is The Water Dancer free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Water Dancer?
The Water Dancer is narrated by Joe Morton.
Is The Water Dancer worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.