Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation audiobook runs 8.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Christopher Ragland (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.2 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 8.2 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Christopher Ragland
Christopher Ragland narrates 293 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,260 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
648 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
Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation is an audiobook by Andrew H. Knoll: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Ragland, released March 31, 2026, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christopher Ragland
- Released
- March 31, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9780691289946
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation audiobook?
Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
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Who narrates Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation?
Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation is narrated by Christopher Ragland.