Why the West Rules---for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why the West Rules---for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future audiobook runs 26 hours unabridged, narrated by Antony Ferguson (about 17.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 26 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 52 days |
| 1 hour / day | 26 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 18 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 26 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Antony Ferguson
Antony Ferguson narrates 314 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,884 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
142 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Why the West Rules---for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future is an audiobook by Ian Morris: a 26-hour unabridged recording, read by Antony Ferguson, released December 14, 2010, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 26 hrs
- Narrated by
- Antony Ferguson
- Released
- December 14, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781400189984
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Why the West Rules---for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future audiobook?
Why the West Rules---for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future runs 26 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.3 hours.
Is the Why the West Rules---for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Why the West Rules---for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future?
Why the West Rules---for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future is narrated by Antony Ferguson.
Is Why the West Rules---for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.3 hours, saving 8.7 hours.