Cryptonomicon: Audiobook
The Cryptonomicon audiobook runs an estimated 27.1 hours (about 18.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 27.1 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 55 days |
| 1 hour / day | 28 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 19 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 27.1 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 99% of the thriller audiobooks we measured.
- That's 120% longer than the average thriller audiobook (12.3 hrs across 717 titles in our dataset).
Computed from thriller audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for thriller listeners: a long-haul epic at 27.1 hours (estimated).
About the book
Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that shaped this century. In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse - mathematical genius and young Captain in the US Navy - is assigned to Detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt. The mission of Watrehouse and Detachment 2702 - commanded by Marine Raider Bobby Shaftoe - is to keep the Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied Intelligence has cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code. It is a game, a cryptographic chess match between Waterhouse and his German counterpart, translated into action by the gung-ho Shaftoe and his forces.
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How long is the Cryptonomicon audiobook?
Cryptonomicon runs about 27.1 hours, our estimate from its 918 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18.1 hours.
Can I listen to Cryptonomicon free?
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Is Cryptonomicon worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18.1 hours, saving 9 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Cryptonomicon first published?
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson was first published in 1999.
