The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era runs 20.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Claude Johnson (about 13.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 42 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.8 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
247 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era is an audiobook by Claude Johnson: a 20.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Claude Johnson, released May 24, 2022, on the The Americas and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Claude Johnson
- Released
- May 24, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781705060742
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era as an audiobook?
The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era runs 20.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.8 hours.
Is The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era?
The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era is narrated by Claude Johnson.
Is The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.8 hours, saving 6.9 hours.