World’s End: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Lanny Budd Novels series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the World’s End audiobook runs 26.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Bronson Pinchot (about 18 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 26.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 54 days |
| 1 hour / day | 27 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 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 26.9 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Lanny Budd Novels
This is book 1. Books 1 to 10 run 273.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | World’s End | 26.9 hrs |
| 2 | Between Two Worlds | 31.7 hrs |
| 3 | Dragon’s Teeth | 23.8 hrs |
| 4 | Wide Is the Gate | 28.3 hrs |
| 5 | Presidential Agent | 29.4 hrs |
| 6 | Dragon Harvest | 30.2 hrs |
| 7 | A World To Win | 25.8 hrs |
| 8 | Presidential Mission | 26.8 hrs |
| 9 | One Clear Call | 26.8 hrs |
| 10 | O Shepherd, Speak! | 24.1 hrs |
More narrated by Bronson Pinchot
Bronson Pinchot narrates 320 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,382 hours in all.
- The Final Day
- One Year After
- Distress Signals
- Aliens: Phalanx
- Matterhorn
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
166 Historical (Fiction) 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
World’s End is book 1 of Upton Sinclair's Lanny Budd Novels series: a 26.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Bronson Pinchot, released May 31, 2022, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 26.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bronson Pinchot
- Released
- May 31, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- The Lanny Budd Novels #1
- ISBN
- 9798200919413
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the World’s End audiobook?
World’s End runs 26.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18 hours.
Is the World’s End audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates World’s End?
World’s End is narrated by Bronson Pinchot.
Is World’s End worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18 hours, saving 9 hours.