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Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus by David Quammen

Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus audiobook runs 13.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Jacques Roy (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.4listening hrs
Biology & Chemistrystore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus is an audiobook by David Quammen: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jacques Roy, released October 4, 2022, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.4 hrs
Narrated by
Jacques Roy
Released
October 4, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biology & Chemistry
ISBN
9781797145747

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus audiobook?

Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.

Is the Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus?

Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus is narrated by Jacques Roy.

Is Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.