The 33: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The 33 runs 15.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sam Dale (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 |
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 15.6 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.
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Sam Dale narrates 22 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 154 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf
1,502 Biography & Memoir 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
The 33 is an audiobook by Jonathan Franklin: a 15.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Sam Dale, released May 1, 2011, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sam Dale
- Released
- May 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781407476636
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The 33 as an audiobook?
The 33 runs 15.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.
Is The 33 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The 33?
The 33 is narrated by Sam Dale.
Is The 33 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.