The Year the World Went Mad: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Year the World Went Mad runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Elstob (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Elstob
Mark Elstob narrates 145 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,680 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,918 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
- The Souls of Black Folk
- The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection)
- Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
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 the World Went Mad is an audiobook by Mark Woolhouse: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Elstob, released February 24, 2022, on the Social Science shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Elstob
- Released
- February 24, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781004064717
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Year the World Went Mad as an audiobook?
The Year the World Went Mad runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Year the World Went Mad free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Year the World Went Mad?
The Year the World Went Mad is narrated by Mark Elstob.