The City: A Global History: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The City: A Global History runs 7.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nelson Runger (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.8 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nelson Runger
Nelson Runger narrates 72 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,024 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,731 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 City: A Global History is an audiobook by Joel Kotkin: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Nelson Runger, released August 31, 2005, on the Social Science shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nelson Runger
- Released
- August 31, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781436147453
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The City: A Global History as an audiobook?
The City: A Global History runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.
Is The City: A Global History free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The City: A Global History?
The City: A Global History is narrated by Nelson Runger.