The Benefits of Being an Octopus: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Benefits of Being an Octopus runs 7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley
Amy Melissa Bentley narrates 261 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,305 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
1,108 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Refugee
- The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire #2)
- The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire #3)
- The City of Ember: The First Book of Ember
- Out of My Mind
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 Benefits of Being an Octopus is an audiobook by Ann Braden: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Amy Melissa Bentley, released February 12, 2019, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Amy Melissa Bentley
- Released
- February 12, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids)
- ISBN
- 9781977343413
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Benefits of Being an Octopus as an audiobook?
The Benefits of Being an Octopus runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is The Benefits of Being an Octopus free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Benefits of Being an Octopus?
The Benefits of Being an Octopus is narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley.