The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses runs 14.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Keating (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Keating
John Keating narrates 176 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,982 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literature shelf
2,361 Literature 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 Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses is an audiobook by Kevin Birmingham: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John Keating, released June 12, 2014, on the Literature and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Keating
- Released
- June 12, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literature, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781101564318
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses as an audiobook?
The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.
Is The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses?
The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses is narrated by John Keating.
Is The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.