The Wright Brothers: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wright Brothers runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David McCullough (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 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 10 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David McCullough
David McCullough narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 36 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
917 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
- The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History
- A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
- Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
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 Wright Brothers is an audiobook by David McCullough: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by David McCullough, released May 5, 2015, on the The Americas and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- David McCullough
- Released
- May 5, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Computers & Technology, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781442376090
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wright Brothers as an audiobook?
The Wright Brothers runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Wright Brothers free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wright Brothers?
The Wright Brothers is narrated by David McCullough.
Is The Wright Brothers worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.