The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life runs 16 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Michael (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul Michael
Paul Michael narrates 186 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,849 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
594 World 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 Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life is an audiobook by Tom Reiss: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Michael, released April 4, 2017, on the World and Religion & Spirituality shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Michael
- Released
- April 4, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Religion & Spirituality
- ISBN
- 9780525496724
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life as an audiobook?
The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.
Is The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life?
The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life is narrated by Paul Michael.
Is The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.