Civilizations: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Civilizations audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Gary Tiedemann (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gary Tiedemann
Gary Tiedemann narrates 287 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,616 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,045 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
Civilizations is an audiobook by Laurent Binet: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Gary Tiedemann, released September 14, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gary Tiedemann
- Released
- September 14, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781666128802
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Civilizations audiobook?
Civilizations runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is the Civilizations audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Civilizations?
Civilizations is narrated by Gary Tiedemann.
Is Civilizations worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.