Basin and Range: Audiobook
Book 1 of the From Annals of the Former World series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Basin and Range audiobook runs 7.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Nelson Runger (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.1 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on From Annals of the Former World
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 31.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basin and Range | 7.1 hrs |
| 2 | In Suspect Terrain | 6.7 hrs |
| 3 | Rising From the Plains | 7.5 hrs |
| 4 | Assembling California | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Nelson Runger
Nelson Runger narrates 72 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,024 hours in all.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
545 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
Basin and Range is book 1 of John McPhee's From Annals of the Former World series: a 7.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Nelson Runger, released September 3, 2004, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nelson Runger
- Released
- September 3, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- Series
- From Annals of the Former World #1
- ISBN
- 9781440782411
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Basin and Range audiobook?
Basin and Range runs 7.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is the Basin and Range audiobook free?
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Who narrates Basin and Range?
Basin and Range is narrated by Nelson Runger.