Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo audiobook runs 8.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Vance (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.1 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
647 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) 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
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo is an audiobook by Graham Spence and Lawrence Anthony: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released January 26, 2015, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- January 26, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781494577988
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How long is the Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo audiobook?
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
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Who narrates Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo?
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo is narrated by Simon Vance.