How Democracies Die: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How Democracies Die audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Fred Sanders (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 4,722 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Fred Sanders
Fred Sanders narrates 164 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,706 hours in all.
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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
How Democracies Die is an audiobook by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Fred Sanders, released January 16, 2018, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Fred Sanders
- Released
- January 16, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9780525587958
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How Democracies Die audiobook?
How Democracies Die runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the How Democracies Die audiobook free?
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Who narrates How Democracies Die?
How Democracies Die is narrated by Fred Sanders.