The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul runs 13.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.8 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 |
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What our data says
- At 13.8 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins
Sean Patrick Hopkins narrates 264 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,210 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
817 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 Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul is an audiobook by Scott W. Berg: a 13.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Patrick Hopkins, released September 26, 2023, on the Social Science and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Released
- September 26, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9780593786222
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul as an audiobook?
The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul runs 13.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.
Is The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul?
The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul is narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins.
Is The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.