A Little History of Music: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Little History of Music runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Zeb Soanes (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Zeb Soanes
Zeb Soanes narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 73 hours in all.
- Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
- The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World
- The Profit Paradox: How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work
- What to Expect When You're Dead: An Ancient Tour of Death and the Afterlife
- Death in a Shallow Pond: A Philosopher, a Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need
About as long, on the World shelf
1,138 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
- Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
- The History of the Vikings: Norse Sagas, Medieval Marauders, and Far-flung Settlements
- The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
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 Little History of Music is an audiobook by Robert Philip: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Zeb Soanes, released May 23, 2023, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Zeb Soanes
- Released
- May 23, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9780300272727
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Little History of Music as an audiobook?
A Little History of Music runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is A Little History of Music free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Little History of Music?
A Little History of Music is narrated by Zeb Soanes.