The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia runs 16.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Masha Gessen (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 16.7 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Masha Gessen
Masha Gessen narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 36 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
538 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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 Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia is an audiobook by Masha Gessen: a 16.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Masha Gessen, released October 3, 2017, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Masha Gessen
- Released
- October 3, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, World
- ISBN
- 9780525497943
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia as an audiobook?
The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia runs 16.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.
Is The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia?
The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia is narrated by Masha Gessen.
Is The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.