The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood runs 16.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rob Shapiro (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.6 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 |
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 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rob Shapiro
Rob Shapiro narrates 195 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,128 hours in all.
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- The Killer
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About as long, on the Social Science shelf
373 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents
- Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,
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 Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood is an audiobook by James Gleick: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Rob Shapiro, released March 1, 2011, on the Social Science shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rob Shapiro
- Released
- March 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780307914972
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood as an audiobook?
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood?
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood is narrated by Rob Shapiro.
Is The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours.