A Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science runs 14.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Dawkins (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.8 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 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 5,212 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 110 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
214 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science is an audiobook by Richard Dawkins: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Dawkins, released September 29, 2015, on the Memoirs and Atheism shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Dawkins
- Released
- September 29, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Atheism
- ISBN
- 9780062288523
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science as an audiobook?
A Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is A Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science?
A Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science is narrated by Richard Dawkins.
Is A Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.