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The First Ladies by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

The First Ladies: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Ladies runs 14.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tavia Gilbert and Robin Miles (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The First Ladies at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,712 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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 First Ladies is an audiobook by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Tavia Gilbert and Robin Miles, released June 27, 2023, on the Historical (Fiction) and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.6 hrs
Narrated by
Tavia Gilbert, Robin Miles
Released
June 27, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), BIPOC Stories & Voices, Essays & Anthologies
ISBN
9780593684269

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The First Ladies as an audiobook?

The First Ladies runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.

Is The First Ladies free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The First Ladies?

The First Ladies is narrated by Tavia Gilbert and Robin Miles.

Is The First Ladies worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.