A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves runs 6.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Adam Verner (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.1 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Adam Verner
Adam Verner narrates 591 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,882 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
370 World 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
A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves is an audiobook by Walter Alvarez: a 6.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Adam Verner, released November 29, 2016, on the World and Astronomy & Physics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Adam Verner
- Released
- November 29, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Astronomy & Physics, Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781666597721
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves as an audiobook?
A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves runs 6.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.
Is A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves?
A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves is narrated by Adam Verner.