The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World runs 29.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 19.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 29.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 59 days |
| 1 hour / day | 30 days |
| 2 hours / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 20 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 29.5 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff narrates 385 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,502 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
83 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
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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 Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World is an audiobook by Daniel Yergin: a 29.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released September 20, 2011, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Business & Career Development shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 29.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Petkoff
- Released
- September 20, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Business & Career Development, Accounting & Finance
- ISBN
- 9781101523582
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World as an audiobook?
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World runs 29.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 19.6 hours.
Is The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World?
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World is narrated by Robert Petkoff.
Is The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 19.6 hours, saving 9.8 hours.