The Courage to Act: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Courage to Act runs 23.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 15.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 47 days |
| 1 hour / day | 24 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 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 23.5 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 4,186 Accounting & Finance audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
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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 Courage to Act is an audiobook by Ben S. Bernanke: a 23.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released October 5, 2015, on the Business and Law & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- October 5, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Business, Law & Politics, Accounting & Finance
- ISBN
- 9781491578049
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Courage to Act as an audiobook?
The Courage to Act runs 23.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.7 hours.
Is The Courage to Act free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Courage to Act?
The Courage to Act is narrated by Grover Gardner.
Is The Courage to Act worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.7 hours, saving 7.8 hours.