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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer runs 27.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Fred Sanders (about 18.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

27.5listening hrs
Medicine & Naturopathystore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 27.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day55 days
1 hour / day28 days
2 hours / day14 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×19 days

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What our data says

  • At 27.5 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer is an audiobook by Siddhartha Mukherjee: a 27.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Fred Sanders, released November 25, 2025, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and World shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
27.5 hrs
Narrated by
Fred Sanders
Released
November 25, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Medicine & Naturopathy, World
ISBN
9781668157268

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer as an audiobook?

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer runs 27.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18.3 hours.

Is The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer?

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer is narrated by Fred Sanders.

Is The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18.3 hours, saving 9.2 hours.