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Being a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz

Being a Dog: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Being a Dog audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Alexandra Horowitz (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.2listening hrs
Mental Health & Psychologystore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Being a Dog at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 4,526 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Alexandra Horowitz

Alexandra Horowitz narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 35 hours in all.

  • Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular BondAlexandra Horowitz · 8 hrs
  • Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and KnowAlexandra Horowitz · 11.7 hrs
  • The Year of the Puppy: How a Puppy Becomes Your DogAlexandra Horowitz · 6.1 hrs

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Being a Dog is an audiobook by Alexandra Horowitz: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Alexandra Horowitz, released October 4, 2016, on the Mental Health & Psychology and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.2 hrs
Narrated by
Alexandra Horowitz
Released
October 4, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mental Health & Psychology, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781508221784

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Being a Dog audiobook?

Being a Dog runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is the Being a Dog audiobook free?

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Who narrates Being a Dog?

Being a Dog is narrated by Alexandra Horowitz.