The Society of the Spectacle: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Society of the Spectacle runs 4.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Walter Dixon (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.3 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Walter Dixon
Walter Dixon narrates 308 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,447 hours in all.
- Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
- The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain
- Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World
- Good Thinking: What You Need to Know to Be Smarter, Safer, Wealthier, And Wiser
- The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
424 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Braving the Wilderness: Reese's Book Club: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
- The Gifts of Imperfection: 10th Anniversary Edition: Features a new foreword
- The Amazing Book is Not on Fire: The World of Dan and Phil
- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
- Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings
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 Society of the Spectacle is an audiobook by Guy Debord: a 4.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Walter Dixon, released August 11, 2026, on the Social Science and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Walter Dixon
- Released
- August 11, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781648375262
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Society of the Spectacle as an audiobook?
The Society of the Spectacle runs 4.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.
Is The Society of the Spectacle free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Society of the Spectacle?
The Society of the Spectacle is narrated by Walter Dixon.