The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power runs 12.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Will Damron (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 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 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Will Damron
Will Damron narrates 464 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,932 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
766 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power is an audiobook by Max Chafkin: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Will Damron, released September 21, 2021, on the The Americas and Business shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Will Damron
- Released
- September 21, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Business
- ISBN
- 9780593453698
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power as an audiobook?
The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power?
The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power is narrated by Will Damron.
Is The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.