The Planets: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Planets runs 5.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lorna Raver (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 1,009 Astronomy & Physics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Lorna Raver
Lorna Raver narrates 88 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 902 hours in all.
About as long, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf
77 Astronomy & Physics 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 Planets is an audiobook by Dava Sobel: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Lorna Raver, released October 4, 2005, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lorna Raver
- Released
- October 4, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Astronomy & Physics
- ISBN
- 9780739322895
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Planets as an audiobook?
The Planets runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is The Planets free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Planets?
The Planets is narrated by Lorna Raver.