The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State runs 9.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jill Lepore (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 155 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,928 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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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 Rise and Fall of the Artificial State is an audiobook by Jill Lepore: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jill Lepore, released August 25, 2026, on the Social Science and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jill Lepore
- Released
- August 25, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781837316670
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State as an audiobook?
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State?
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State is narrated by Jill Lepore.