A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters runs 5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Parks (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5 hours, it is shorter than 69% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
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Tom Parks narrates 744 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,261 hours in all.
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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
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters is an audiobook by Andrew H. Knoll: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Parks, released April 27, 2021, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Parks
- Released
- April 27, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9780062853943
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters as an audiobook?
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters?
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters is narrated by Tom Parks.