The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles runs 11.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rob Shapiro (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rob Shapiro
Rob Shapiro narrates 195 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,128 hours in all.
- The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town
- Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
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- The Killer
- Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
859 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History
- Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
- Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
- The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
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 Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles is an audiobook by Gary Krist: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Rob Shapiro, released May 15, 2018, on the The Americas and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rob Shapiro
- Released
- May 15, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9780525526520
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles as an audiobook?
The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles?
The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles is narrated by Rob Shapiro.
Is The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.