The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America runs 16.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by B. Alexandra Szerlip (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.9 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 |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
321 Arts & Entertainment 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 Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America is an audiobook by B. Alexandra Szerlip: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by B. Alexandra Szerlip, released April 25, 2017, on the Arts & Entertainment and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- B. Alexandra Szerlip
- Released
- April 25, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781470858896
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America as an audiobook?
The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America?
The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America is narrated by B. Alexandra Szerlip.
Is The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.6 hours.