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We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen

We, the Drowned: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the We, the Drowned audiobook runs 25.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Vance (about 16.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

25.4listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 25.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish We, the Drowned at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day51 days
1 hour / day26 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

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What our data says

  • At 25.4 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

150 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

We, the Drowned is an audiobook by Carsten Jensen: a 25.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released August 20, 2024, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
25.4 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Vance
Released
August 20, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780063424852

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the We, the Drowned audiobook?

We, the Drowned runs 25.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.9 hours.

Is the We, the Drowned audiobook free?

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

Who narrates We, the Drowned?

We, the Drowned is narrated by Simon Vance.

Is We, the Drowned worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.9 hours, saving 8.5 hours.