The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steve West (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Steve West
Steve West narrates 248 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,042 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,110 Social Science 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
The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club is an audiobook by Simon Kuper: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve West, released August 17, 2021, on the Social Science and Sports shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steve West
- Released
- August 17, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Sports
- ISBN
- 9780593414415
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club as an audiobook?
The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club?
The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club is narrated by Steve West.
Is The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.