The Story of Mankind: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Story of Mankind runs 13.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by LibriVox Volunteers (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 3,859 World audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the World shelf
475 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
- Midnight in Chernobyl: The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
- Oath and Honor
- The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Story of Mankind is an audiobook by Hendrik Van Loon: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by LibriVox Volunteers, released January 1, 2016, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- LibriVox Volunteers
- Released
- January 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
How to listen to The Story of Mankind free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Story of Mankind as an audiobook?
The Story of Mankind runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is The Story of Mankind free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Story of Mankind?
The Story of Mankind is narrated by LibriVox Volunteers.
Is The Story of Mankind worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.