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The Story of Motown by Peter Benjaminson

The Story of Motown: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Story of Motown runs 5.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Crisden (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.5listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Story of Motown at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf

582 Arts & Entertainment 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 Motown is an audiobook by Peter Benjaminson: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Crisden, released October 16, 2018, on the Arts & Entertainment and World shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.5 hrs
Narrated by
Sean Crisden
Released
October 16, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment, World
ISBN
9781684410972

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Story of Motown as an audiobook?

The Story of Motown runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.

Is The Story of Motown free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Story of Motown?

The Story of Motown is narrated by Sean Crisden.