A Short History of Medicine: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Short History of Medicine runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Laurel Lefkow (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Laurel Lefkow
Laurel Lefkow narrates 337 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,612 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Medicine & Naturopathy shelf
623 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Short History of Medicine is an audiobook by Steve Parker: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Laurel Lefkow, released April 23, 2020, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laurel Lefkow
- Released
- April 23, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Medicine & Naturopathy, World, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780241459324
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Short History of Medicine as an audiobook?
A Short History of Medicine runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is A Short History of Medicine free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Short History of Medicine?
A Short History of Medicine is narrated by Laurel Lefkow.
Is A Short History of Medicine worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.