The big short: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The big short runs an estimated 8.6 hours (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 8.6 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 57% of the business audiobooks we measured.
- That's 14% shorter than the average business audiobook (10 hrs across 259 titles in our dataset).
Computed from business audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for business listeners who want a historical setting: a solid week of commutes at 8.6 hours (estimated).
About the book
The #1 New York Times bestselling account of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff. Hear the original story that was turned into an Oscar-winning film directly from the author, Michael Lewis, for the very first time. When the crash of the U.S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash had taken place silently over the previous year, in obscure financial markets where the SEC doesn’t bother to look: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can’t pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was actually happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren’t talking.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The big short as an audiobook?
The big short runs about 8.6 hours, our estimate from its 291 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The big short free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
When was The big short first published?
The big short by Michael Lewis, Francisco José Ramos Mena was first published in 2009.
