A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0 runs 18.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Matthews (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.2 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 3,859 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Matthews
Richard Matthews narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 194 hours in all.
- Cloud Atlas
- The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga
- Fairy Tales
- Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea
- The White and the Gold
About as long, on the World shelf
254 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
- The Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed or Fail
- The Gene: An Intimate History
- Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
- Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0 is an audiobook by Bill Bryson: a 18.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Matthews, released February 4, 2003, on the World and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Matthews
- Released
- February 4, 2003
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780736697958
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0 as an audiobook?
A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0 runs 18.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.
Is A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0?
A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0 is narrated by Richard Matthews.
Is A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.