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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Wengrow, David Graeber

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity runs 24.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Williams (about 16.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

24.3listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 24.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day49 days
1 hour / day25 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 24.3 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 5,303 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Mark Williams

Mark Williams narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 110 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Social Science shelf

43 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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  • A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. KennedyLisa Pease · 26 hrs
  • What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate FuturesAyana Elizabeth Johnson · 24.7 hrs
  • The Good Book: A Humanist BibleA.C. Grayling · 25 hrs
  • Far and Away: Reporting from the Brink of ChangeAndrew Solomon · 22.2 hrs

Other recordings

  • The 2021 recording read by Malk Williams runs 0.3 hours shorter (24 hours).

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity is an audiobook by David Wengrow and David Graeber: a 24.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Williams, released November 9, 2021, on the World and Social Science shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
24.3 hrs
Narrated by
Mark Williams
Released
November 9, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, Social Science, Biology & Chemistry
ISBN
9781250818669

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity as an audiobook?

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity runs 24.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.2 hours.

Is The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity?

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity is narrated by Mark Williams.

Is The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.2 hours, saving 8.1 hours.