The Guns of August: Audiobook
Part of The Great War Series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Guns of August runs 19.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Wanda McCaddon (about 12.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 19.2 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 2,461 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Wanda McCaddon
Wanda McCaddon narrates 29 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 326 hours in all.
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- Understanding Islam, Revised Edition: An Introduction to the Muslim World
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About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
144 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
- Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
- The Only Plane in the Sky (Revised and Expanded Edition for the 25th Anniversary): An Oral History of September 11, 2001
- Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins
- Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
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 Guns of August is an audiobook by Barbara W. Tuchman: a 19.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Wanda McCaddon, released October 1, 2008, on the Military (History) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Wanda McCaddon
- Released
- October 1, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History)
- Series
- The Great War Series
- ISBN
- 9781483086545
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Guns of August as an audiobook?
The Guns of August runs 19.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.8 hours.
Is The Guns of August free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Guns of August?
The Guns of August is narrated by Wanda McCaddon.
Is The Guns of August worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.8 hours, saving 6.4 hours.