The Milky Way: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Milky Way runs 11.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grant Hurlock (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Grant Hurlock
Grant Hurlock narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 152 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
462 Classics (Literature) 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 Milky Way is an audiobook by F. Tennyson Jesse: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Grant Hurlock, released January 1, 2016, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grant Hurlock
- Released
- January 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Milky Way as an audiobook?
The Milky Way runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Milky Way free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Milky Way?
The Milky Way is narrated by Grant Hurlock.
Is The Milky Way worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.