The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century runs 27.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Oliver Wyman (about 18.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 27.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 55 days |
| 1 hour / day | 28 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 19 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 27.3 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 5,303 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman narrates 106 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 857 hours in all.
- Dune: Book One in the Dune Chronicles
- Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
- A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
- The Lonesome Gods (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)
- Off Armageddon Reef
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
30 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI’s War on the American Indian Movement
- First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament
- The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time
- A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
- No Higher Honor
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 World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century is an audiobook by Thomas L. Friedman: a 27.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Oliver Wyman, released July 24, 2007, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Social Science shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 27.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Oliver Wyman
- Released
- July 24, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781427201775
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century as an audiobook?
The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century runs 27.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18.2 hours.
Is The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century?
The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century is narrated by Oliver Wyman.
Is The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18.2 hours, saving 9.1 hours.