Empire Builders: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Grand Tour series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empire Builders audiobook runs 11.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Stefan Rudnicki
Stefan Rudnicki narrates 744 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,226 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,925 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Armada
- The Troop
- Star Wars: Master & Apprentice
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
Empire Builders is book 2 of Ben Bova's Grand Tour series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released June 27, 2005, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Released
- June 27, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- The Grand Tour Series #2
- ISBN
- 9781483058115
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empire Builders audiobook?
Empire Builders runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is the Empire Builders audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Empire Builders?
Empire Builders is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.
Is Empire Builders worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.