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A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age by Greg Jenner

A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.4listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 7,179 World 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

A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age is an audiobook by Greg Jenner: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Lloyd Davies, released June 21, 2016, on the World shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.4 hrs
Narrated by
Matthew Lloyd Davies
Released
June 21, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World
ISBN
9781515975151

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age as an audiobook?

A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age?

A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age is narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies.

Is A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.