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How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History by Josephine Quinn

How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History audiobook runs 15.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Alix Dunmore (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.8listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

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

How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History is an audiobook by Josephine Quinn: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Alix Dunmore, released September 3, 2024, on the World shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.8 hrs
Narrated by
Alix Dunmore
Released
September 3, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World
ISBN
9780593913352

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History audiobook?

How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.

Is the How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History?

How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History is narrated by Alix Dunmore.

Is How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.3 hours.