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The Women by T.C. Boyle

The Women: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Women runs 18.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 12.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Women at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day38 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 18.6 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

466 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 Women is an audiobook by T.C. Boyle: a 18.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released February 10, 2009, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.6 hrs
Narrated by
Grover Gardner
Released
February 10, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781483075884

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Women as an audiobook?

The Women runs 18.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.4 hours.

Is The Women free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Women?

The Women is narrated by Grover Gardner.

Is The Women worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.4 hours, saving 6.2 hours.