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Venus by Ben Bova

Venus: Audiobook

Book 17 of the Grand Tour series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Venus audiobook runs 11.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.4listening hrs
Space Operastore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Venus at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 2,721 Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Space Opera shelf

508 Space Opera 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

Venus is book 17 of Ben Bova's Grand Tour series: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released January 13, 2011, on the Space Opera shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.4 hrs
Narrated by
Stefan Rudnicki
Released
January 13, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Space Opera
Series
The Grand Tour Series #17
ISBN
9781483052793

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Venus audiobook?

Venus runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is the Venus audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Venus?

Venus is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

Is Venus worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.