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The Year That Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall by Michael Meyer

The Year That Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Year That Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ed Sala (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Year That Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Year That Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall is an audiobook by Michael Meyer: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ed Sala, released November 23, 2009, on the World and Europe shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.6 hrs
Narrated by
Ed Sala
Released
November 23, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, Europe
ISBN
9781400184422

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Year That Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall as an audiobook?

The Year That Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is The Year That Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Year That Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall?

The Year That Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall is narrated by Ed Sala.

Is The Year That Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.