The Story of Books: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Story of Books runs 5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by LivelyHive (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5 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 5 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by LivelyHive
LivelyHive narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 72 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
2,355 Non-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 Story of Books is an audiobook by Gertrude Burford Rawlings: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by LivelyHive, released January 1, 2016, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5 hrs
- Narrated by
- LivelyHive
- Released
- January 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
How to listen to The Story of Books free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Story of Books as an audiobook?
The Story of Books runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is The Story of Books free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Story of Books?
The Story of Books is narrated by LivelyHive.