The Shanghai Factor: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shanghai Factor runs 9.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Bowlby (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 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 9.2 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Stephen Bowlby
Stephen Bowlby narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,367 hours in all.
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- Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All
- Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul
- Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America
- The Healing Code: 6 Minutes to Heal the Source of Your Health, Success, or Relationship Issue
About as long, on the Espionage shelf
513 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2013 recording read by Peter Brooke runs 0.4 hours longer (9.6 hours).
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 Shanghai Factor is an audiobook by Charles McCarry: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Bowlby, released June 4, 2013, on the Espionage shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Bowlby
- Released
- June 4, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage
- ISBN
- 9781622310142
How to listen to The Shanghai Factor free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shanghai Factor as an audiobook?
The Shanghai Factor runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is The Shanghai Factor free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shanghai Factor?
The Shanghai Factor is narrated by Stephen Bowlby.