The Grand Design: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Grand Design runs 4.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steve West (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 1,009 Astronomy & Physics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Steve West
Steve West narrates 248 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,042 hours in all.
About as long, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf
67 Astronomy & Physics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- A Briefer History of Time
- Brief Answers to the Big Questions
- The Order of Time
- The Quantum Screen: The Enigmas of Modern Physics and a New Model of Perceptual Consciousness
- Merlin’s Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: A Traveler’s Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far
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 Grand Design is an audiobook by Leonard Mlodinow and Stephen Hawking: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve West, released September 7, 2010, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steve West
- Released
- September 7, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Astronomy & Physics
- ISBN
- 9781415966624
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Grand Design as an audiobook?
The Grand Design runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is The Grand Design free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Grand Design?
The Grand Design is narrated by Steve West.