On the Wealth of Nations: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Books That Changed the World series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On the Wealth of Nations audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Prichard (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 74% of the 1,568 Economics audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Books That Changed the World
This is book 1. Books 1 to 8 run 38 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | On the Wealth of Nations | 5.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Qur'an: A Biography | 5 hrs |
| 3 | Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography | 4.5 hrs |
| 4 | Plato's Republic | 4.5 hrs |
| 5 | Clausewitz's On War: A Biography | 5.5 hrs |
| 6 | Thomas Paine's Rights of Man | 3.5 hrs |
| 7 | The Bible: A Biography | 6 hrs |
| 8 | Marx's Das Kapital: A Biography | 3.5 hrs |
More narrated by Michael Prichard
Michael Prichard narrates 174 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,947 hours in all.
- Rainbow Six
- Executive Orders
- Treasure Island, with eBook
- Clear and Present Danger
- The Cardinal of the Kremlin
About as long, on the Economics shelf
95 Economics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
On the Wealth of Nations is book 1 of P. J. O'Rourke's Books That Changed the World series: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Prichard, released February 15, 2007, on the Economics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Prichard
- Released
- February 15, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Economics
- Series
- Books That Changed the World #1
- ISBN
- 9781400173860
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How long is the On the Wealth of Nations audiobook?
On the Wealth of Nations runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
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Who narrates On the Wealth of Nations?
On the Wealth of Nations is narrated by Michael Prichard.