This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters): Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters) audiobook runs 8.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Map Men (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 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 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the World shelf
867 World 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
- The Way I Heard It
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
- Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman runs about the same length (8.3 hours).
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
This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters) is an audiobook by Map Men: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Map Men, released October 23, 2025, on the World and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Map Men
- Released
- October 23, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction), Travel Tips
- ISBN
- 9780008710316
How to listen to This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters) free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters) audiobook?
This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters) runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is the This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters) audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters)?
This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters) is narrated by Map Men.