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The World at Night by Alan Furst

The World at Night: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Night Soldiers series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World at Night runs 9.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by George Guidall (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.9listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.9 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.9 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Night Soldiers

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 48 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 67.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Night Soldiers18.3 hrs
2Dark Star18 hrs
3The Polish Officer11.8 hrs
4The World at Night9.9 hrs
5Red Gold9.1 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,351 Historical (Fiction) 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 World at Night is book 4 of Alan Furst's Night Soldiers series: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by George Guidall, released March 10, 2008, on the Espionage and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.9 hrs
Narrated by
George Guidall
Released
March 10, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage, Historical (Fiction)
Series
Night Soldiers #4
ISBN
9781440795459

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The World at Night as an audiobook?

The World at Night runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is The World at Night free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The World at Night?

The World at Night is narrated by George Guidall.