On the Shoulders of Giants: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On the Shoulders of Giants audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Pete Cross (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Pete Cross
Pete Cross narrates 232 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,830 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
568 Essays & Anthologies 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 is an audiobook by Alastair Mcewen and Umberto Eco: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Pete Cross, released December 10, 2019, on the Essays & Anthologies and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Pete Cross
- Released
- December 10, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781666559569
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On the Shoulders of Giants audiobook?
On the Shoulders of Giants runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
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Who narrates On the Shoulders of Giants?
On the Shoulders of Giants is narrated by Pete Cross.