Washington, D.C.: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Narratives of Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Washington, D.C. audiobook runs 15 hours unabridged, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 15 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Narratives of Empire
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 115.5 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 130.4 hours in all.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,542 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Washington, D.C. is book 6 of Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released December 31, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- December 31, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Narratives of Empire #6
- ISBN
- 9781799751342
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Washington, D.C. audiobook?
Washington, D.C. runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is the Washington, D.C. audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Washington, D.C.?
Washington, D.C. is narrated by Grover Gardner.
Is Washington, D.C. worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.