The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century runs 17.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joel Richards (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joel Richards
Joel Richards narrates 222 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,242 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
471 World 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 Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century is an audiobook by Walter Scheidel: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joel Richards, released October 10, 2017, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joel Richards
- Released
- October 10, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781541484139
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century as an audiobook?
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.
Is The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century?
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century is narrated by Joel Richards.
Is The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.8 hours.