Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge audiobook runs 9.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Slater (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Slater
Simon Slater narrates 54 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 570 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literature shelf
5,123 Literature 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
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge is an audiobook by Richard Ovenden: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Slater, released October 27, 2020, on the Literature shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Slater
- Released
- October 27, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literature
- ISBN
- 9781705273661
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge audiobook?
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is the Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge audiobook free?
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Who narrates Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge?
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge is narrated by Simon Slater.