Benjamin Franklin: Audiobook
Book 7 of the Giants of Science series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Benjamin Franklin audiobook runs 2 hours unabridged, narrated by Tavia Gilbert (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 2 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Giants of Science Series
This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 14.4 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 16.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Da Vinci | 2.2 hrs |
| 2 | Isaac Newton | 2 hrs |
| 3 | Sigmund Freud | 2.6 hrs |
| 4 | Marie Curie | 2.4 hrs |
| 5 | Albert Einstein | 2.6 hrs |
| 6 | Charles Darwin | 2.6 hrs |
| 7 | Benjamin Franklin | 2 hrs |
More narrated by Tavia Gilbert
Tavia Gilbert narrates 651 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,675 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
433 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- New Kid
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
Benjamin Franklin is book 7 of Kathleen Krull's Giants of Science series: a 2-hour unabridged recording, read by Tavia Gilbert, released May 12, 2020, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tavia Gilbert
- Released
- May 12, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- The Giants of Science Series #7
- ISBN
- 9781094089676
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Benjamin Franklin audiobook?
Benjamin Franklin runs 2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.
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Who narrates Benjamin Franklin?
Benjamin Franklin is narrated by Tavia Gilbert.