The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
775 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
- Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
- Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
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- Brave Companions
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 Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope is an audiobook by Jonathan Alter: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released September 1, 2026, on the The Americas and Law & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- September 1, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Law & Politics
- ISBN
- 9798347215294
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope as an audiobook?
The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope?
The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope is narrated by Grover Gardner.
Is The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.