The Games: A Global History of the Olympics: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Games: A Global History of the Olympics runs 22.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Roger May (about 15.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 22.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 46 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 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 22.7 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Roger May
Roger May narrates 53 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 746 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
206 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2016 recording read by Napoleon Ryan runs 4.3 hours shorter (18.4 hours).
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 Games: A Global History of the Olympics is an audiobook by David Goldblatt: a 22.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Roger May, released August 25, 2016, on the World and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 22.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Roger May
- Released
- August 25, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781509848331
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Games: A Global History of the Olympics as an audiobook?
The Games: A Global History of the Olympics runs 22.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.1 hours.
Is The Games: A Global History of the Olympics free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Games: A Global History of the Olympics?
The Games: A Global History of the Olympics is narrated by Roger May.
Is The Games: A Global History of the Olympics worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.1 hours, saving 7.6 hours.