The Great Brain: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Great Brain series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Brain runs 4.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ron McLarty (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 4.7 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Great Brain
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 28.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Great Brain | 4.7 hrs |
| 2 | More Adventures of the Great Brain | 3.9 hrs |
| 3 | Me and My Little Brain | 3.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Great Brain at the Academy | 4.3 hrs |
| 5 | The Great Brain Reforms | 4.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Return of the Great Brain | 4.1 hrs |
| 7 | The Great Brain Does It Again | 3.3 hrs |
More narrated by Ron McLarty
Ron McLarty narrates 79 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 595 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
1,052 Non-fiction (Kids) 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 Great Brain is book 1 of John Fitzgerald's Great Brain series: a 4.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron McLarty, released May 28, 2002, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Humor shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ron McLarty
- Released
- May 28, 2002
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Humor
- Series
- The Great Brain #1
- ISBN
- 9780807207369
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Great Brain as an audiobook?
The Great Brain runs 4.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.
Is The Great Brain free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Great Brain?
The Great Brain is narrated by Ron McLarty.