Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us audiobook runs 16.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Pippa Haywood (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Pippa Haywood
Pippa Haywood narrates 13 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 104 hours in all.
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- The Barchester Chronicles: Six BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations
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- Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory
- Dadland
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
108 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- All Creatures Great and Small: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor
- All Things Wise and Wonderful: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor
- The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
- The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters
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
Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us is an audiobook by Keggie Carew: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Pippa Haywood, released July 18, 2023, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Pippa Haywood
- Released
- July 18, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9798350837285
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us audiobook?
Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is the Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us?
Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us is narrated by Pippa Haywood.
Is Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours.