Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man onEarth: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man onEarth audiobook runs 15.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Christopher Grove (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.6 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Christopher Grove
Christopher Grove narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,595 hours in all.
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- The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame
- A History of the United States in Five Crashes: Stock Market Meltdowns That Defined a Nation
- Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean
- The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
1,598 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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
Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man onEarth is an audiobook by Craig Ryan: a 15.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Grove, released January 24, 2017, on the Non-Fiction and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christopher Grove
- Released
- January 24, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781524776497
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man onEarth audiobook?
Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man onEarth runs 15.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.
Is the Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man onEarth audiobook free?
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Who narrates Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man onEarth?
Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man onEarth is narrated by Christopher Grove.
Is Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man onEarth worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.