A Short History of Drunkenness: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Short History of Drunkenness runs 5.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Hughes (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 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 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 120 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
300 World 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
A Short History of Drunkenness is an audiobook by Mark Forsyth: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Hughes, released November 2, 2017, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Hughes
- Released
- November 2, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9780241982891
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Short History of Drunkenness as an audiobook?
A Short History of Drunkenness runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is A Short History of Drunkenness free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Short History of Drunkenness?
A Short History of Drunkenness is narrated by Richard Hughes.