Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America audiobook runs 19.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Annie Jacobsen (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 19.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 3,859 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Annie Jacobsen
Annie Jacobsen narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 174 hours in all.
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- Biological War: A Scenario
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About as long, on the World shelf
187 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America is an audiobook by Annie Jacobsen: a 19.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Annie Jacobsen, released February 11, 2014, on the Military (History) and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Annie Jacobsen
- Released
- February 11, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), The Americas, World
- ISBN
- 9781619691544
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America audiobook?
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America runs 19.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.
Is the Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America?
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America is narrated by Annie Jacobsen.
Is Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.