The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building runs 14.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff narrates 385 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,502 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
607 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- In Cold Blood
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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 Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building is an audiobook by Brian Jay Jones: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released June 2, 2026, on the The Americas and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Petkoff
- Released
- June 2, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9798217285631
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building as an audiobook?
The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building?
The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building is narrated by Robert Petkoff.
Is The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.