The History of Sound: Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The History of Sound: Stories runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ed Helms and Paul Mescal and others (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Zachary Chastain
Zachary Chastain narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 60 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,971 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 History of Sound: Stories is an audiobook by Ben Shattuck: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ed Helms, Paul Mescal and Zachary Chastain and others, released July 9, 2024, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ed Helms, Paul Mescal, Zachary Chastain, Ellen Adair, Ben Shattuck, Steven Jay Cohen
- Released
- July 9, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9780593908587
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The History of Sound: Stories as an audiobook?
The History of Sound: Stories runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is The History of Sound: Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The History of Sound: Stories?
The History of Sound: Stories is narrated by Ed Helms, Paul Mescal, Zachary Chastain and Ellen Adair and others.