Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon audiobook runs 14 hours unabridged, narrated by Patrick Egan (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Patrick Egan
Patrick Egan narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 85 hours in all.
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
- Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
- Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
- Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines---and How It Will ChangeOur Lives
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
674 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- In Cold Blood
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon is an audiobook by Buzz Aldrin and Ken Abraham: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Egan, released June 23, 2009, on the The Americas and Astronomy & Physics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Egan
- Released
- June 23, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Astronomy & Physics, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9780307577474
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon audiobook?
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is the Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon?
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon is narrated by Patrick Egan.
Is Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.