Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Lee Billings (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
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What our data says
- At 10 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 1,009 Astronomy & Physics audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf
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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
Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars is an audiobook by Lee Billings: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Lee Billings, released October 3, 2013, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lee Billings
- Released
- October 3, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Astronomy & Physics
- ISBN
- 9781452685489
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars audiobook?
Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is the Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars?
Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars is narrated by Lee Billings.
Is Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.