How the Mind Works: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How the Mind Works audiobook runs 26.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Mel Foster (about 17.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 26.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 53 days |
| 1 hour / day | 27 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 18 days |
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What our data says
- At 26.2 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 874 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf
6 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
How the Mind Works is an audiobook by Steven Pinker: a 26.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Mel Foster, released November 8, 2011, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 26.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mel Foster
- Released
- November 8, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781455839674
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How the Mind Works audiobook?
How the Mind Works runs 26.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.4 hours.
Is the How the Mind Works audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates How the Mind Works?
How the Mind Works is narrated by Mel Foster.
Is How the Mind Works worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.4 hours, saving 8.7 hours.