On the Shoulders of Giants, Vol 1: How Harlem Became the Center of the Universe: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On the Shoulders of Giants, Vol 1: How Harlem Became the Center of the Universe audiobook runs 2.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Avery Brooks (about 1.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.1 hours, it is shorter than 97% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
110 Memoirs 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
On the Shoulders of Giants, Vol 1: How Harlem Became the Center of the Universe is an audiobook by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: a 2.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Avery Brooks, released May 15, 2009, on the Memoirs and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Avery Brooks
- Released
- May 15, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, The Americas, World
- ISBN
- 9781440708985
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How long is the On the Shoulders of Giants, Vol 1: How Harlem Became the Center of the Universe audiobook?
On the Shoulders of Giants, Vol 1: How Harlem Became the Center of the Universe runs 2.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.4 hours.
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Who narrates On the Shoulders of Giants, Vol 1: How Harlem Became the Center of the Universe?
On the Shoulders of Giants, Vol 1: How Harlem Became the Center of the Universe is narrated by Avery Brooks.