The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century runs 23.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 15.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 47 days |
| 1 hour / day | 24 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 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 23.1 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
108 Arts & Entertainment 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 Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century is an audiobook by Alex Ross: a 23.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released October 16, 2007, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- October 16, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781483075624
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century as an audiobook?
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century runs 23.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.4 hours.
Is The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century?
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century is narrated by Grover Gardner.
Is The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.4 hours, saving 7.7 hours.