This Is Water: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Is Water audiobook runs 0.8 hours unabridged, narrated by David Nathan and David Foster Wallace (about 0.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 0.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 0.8 hours, it is shorter than 97% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 59 hours in all.
- This Is Water: The Original David Foster Wallace Recording: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
- David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words
- The David Foster Wallace Reader
- This Is Water: Booktrack Edition: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
About as long, on the Psychological shelf
26 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Shakespeare Tales of Jealousy
- A Slip Under The Microscope: A Classic Psychological Literary Story of Academic Life, Moral Dilemma, and Scientific Discovery
- Wingspan
- The Coming of Abel Behenna: A Classic Gothic Tale of Love, Betrayal and Revenge
- The Door In The Wall: A Classic Psychological Fantasy Tale of Secret Worlds, Alternate Realities, and Haunting Obsession
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 Is Water is an audiobook by David Foster Wallace: a 0.8-hour unabridged recording, read by David Nathan and David Foster Wallace, released March 8, 2012, on the Psychological shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Nathan, David Foster Wallace
- Released
- March 8, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological
- ISBN
- 4066004243726
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the This Is Water audiobook?
This Is Water runs 0.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.6 hours.
Is the This Is Water audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates This Is Water?
This Is Water is narrated by David Nathan and David Foster Wallace.