Empire: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Narratives of Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empire audiobook runs 23.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 15.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 47 days |
| 1 hour / day | 24 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 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 23.4 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Narratives of Empire
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 70.5 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 130.4 hours in all.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
247 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Evening and the Morning
- The Clan of the Cave Bear
- The Other Boleyn Girl
- Matterhorn
- The Signature of All Things
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 is book 4 of Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series: a 23.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released September 17, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- September 17, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Narratives of Empire #4
- ISBN
- 9781543696684
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empire audiobook?
Empire runs 23.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.6 hours.
Is the Empire audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Empire?
Empire is narrated by Grover Gardner.
Is Empire worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.6 hours, saving 7.8 hours.