The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway runs 15.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John H. Mayer (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 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 15.4 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John H. Mayer
John H. Mayer narrates 60 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 491 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
554 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- In Cold Blood
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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 Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway is an audiobook by Doug Most: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John H. Mayer, released February 4, 2014, on the The Americas and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- John H. Mayer
- Released
- February 4, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9780553398052
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway as an audiobook?
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway?
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway is narrated by John H. Mayer.
Is The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.1 hours.