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The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton

The Wind Is Not a River: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wind Is Not a River runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Bramhall (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.8listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 9.8 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,259 Historical (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 Wind Is Not a River is an audiobook by Brian Payton: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Bramhall, released January 16, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.8 hrs
Narrated by
Mark Bramhall
Released
January 16, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781447263715

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Wind Is Not a River as an audiobook?

The Wind Is Not a River runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

Is The Wind Is Not a River free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Wind Is Not a River?

The Wind Is Not a River is narrated by Mark Bramhall.