Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy audiobook runs 13.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Leighton Pugh (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 3,859 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Leighton Pugh
Leighton Pugh narrates 85 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 952 hours in all.
- Murder in White
- The Ashes of London
- Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism
- Homer's Iliad and the Odyssey: Two of the Greatest Stories Ever Told
- Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth
About as long, on the World shelf
471 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
- Homo Deus: The million-copy bestseller from the author of Nexus
- A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
- Midnight in Chernobyl: The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
- The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
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
Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy is an audiobook by Serhii Plokhy: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Leighton Pugh, released January 31, 2019, on the World and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Leighton Pugh
- Released
- January 31, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9780241398241
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy audiobook?
Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is the Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy?
Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy is narrated by Leighton Pugh.
Is Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours.