A Short History of Women: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Short History of Women runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ruth Moore and Paula Parker and others (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 61% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paula Parker
Paula Parker narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 37 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,320 Literary Fiction 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 Women is an audiobook by Kate Walbert: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Ruth Moore, Paula Parker and Eliza Foss, released April 28, 2010, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ruth Moore, Paula Parker, Eliza Foss
- Released
- April 28, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781615730971
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Short History of Women as an audiobook?
A Short History of Women runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is A Short History of Women free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Short History of Women?
A Short History of Women is narrated by Ruth Moore, Paula Parker and Eliza Foss.