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This Bright River by Patrick Somerville

This Bright River: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Bright River audiobook runs 14.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Erin Bennett and David W. Collins and others (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish This Bright River at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,249 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

This Bright River is an audiobook by Patrick Somerville: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Erin Bennett, David W. Collins and Scott Holst, released June 26, 2012, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.6 hrs
Narrated by
Erin Bennett, David W. Collins, Scott Holst
Released
June 26, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781611134575

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the This Bright River audiobook?

This Bright River runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.

Is the This Bright River audiobook free?

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

Who narrates This Bright River?

This Bright River is narrated by Erin Bennett, David W. Collins and Scott Holst.

Is This Bright River worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.