A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains: The rip-roaring new book from the hosts of The Rest is History: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains: The rip-roaring new book from the hosts of The Rest is History runs 15 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mei Mei MacLeod and Sudha Bhuchar and others (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 15 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mei Mei MacLeod
Mei Mei MacLeod narrates 17 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 175 hours in all.
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
508 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
- Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
- Baa Baa Black Sheep: The True Story of the 'Bad Boy' Hero of the Pacific Theatre and His Famous Black Sheep Squadron
- We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
- The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
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
A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains: The rip-roaring new book from the hosts of The Rest is History is an audiobook by Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Mei Mei MacLeod, Sudha Bhuchar and Dominic Sandbrook and others, released September 10, 2026, on the Military (History) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mei Mei MacLeod, Sudha Bhuchar, Dominic Sandbrook, Daniel York Loh, Homer Todiwala, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Released
- September 10, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781037201493
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains: The rip-roaring new book from the hosts of The Rest is History as an audiobook?
A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains: The rip-roaring new book from the hosts of The Rest is History runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains: The rip-roaring new book from the hosts of The Rest is History free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains: The rip-roaring new book from the hosts of The Rest is History?
A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains: The rip-roaring new book from the hosts of The Rest is History is narrated by Mei Mei MacLeod, Sudha Bhuchar, Dominic Sandbrook and Daniel York Loh and others.
Is A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains: The rip-roaring new book from the hosts of The Rest is History worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.