Grinding Gears: Audiobook
Book 1 of the SHIFT series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Grinding Gears audiobook runs 2.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Alex Boyles (about 1.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 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 2.6 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on SHIFT
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 7.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grinding Gears | 2.6 hrs |
| 2 | Team Taylor | 2.4 hrs |
| 3 | Fast Fix | 2.4 hrs |
More narrated by Alex Boyles
Alex Boyles narrates 117 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,139 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
1,121 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Whiskey in a Teacup
- My Confession
- Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
- The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter
- Design Engineering Handbook
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
Grinding Gears is book 1 of C.R. Fulton's SHIFT series: a 2.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Boyles, released May 24, 2025, on the Non-Fiction and Teen & YA shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alex Boyles
- Released
- May 24, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction, Teen & YA
- Series
- SHIFT #1
- ISBN
- 9798891534445
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Grinding Gears audiobook?
Grinding Gears runs 2.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.7 hours.
Is the Grinding Gears audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Grinding Gears?
Grinding Gears is narrated by Alex Boyles.