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Moonrise by Ben Bova

Moonrise: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Grand Tour series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Moonrise audiobook runs 18.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.3listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Moonrise at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 18.3 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Grand Tour Series

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 44.1 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 93.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Powersat13.6 hrs
2Privateers11.7 hrs
3Mars18.9 hrs
4Moonrise18.3 hrs
5Moonwar15.4 hrs
6Return to Mars16 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

596 Science 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

Moonrise is book 4 of Ben Bova's Grand Tour series: a 18.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released July 8, 2009, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.3 hrs
Narrated by
Stefan Rudnicki
Released
July 8, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The Grand Tour Series #4
ISBN
9781483071688

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Moonrise audiobook?

Moonrise runs 18.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.

Is the Moonrise audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Moonrise?

Moonrise is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

Is Moonrise worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.