Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies audiobook runs 16.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Doug Ordunio (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.4 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
397 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is an audiobook by Jared Diamond: a 16.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Doug Ordunio, released January 18, 2011, on the Social Science and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Doug Ordunio
- Released
- January 18, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, World
- ISBN
- 9780307932433
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies audiobook?
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies runs 16.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.
Is the Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies?
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is narrated by Doug Ordunio.
Is Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.5 hours.