How to be Animal: A New History of What It Means to Be Human: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How to be Animal: A New History of What It Means to Be Human audiobook runs 8.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Hannah Curtis (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 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 8.3 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Hannah Curtis
Hannah Curtis narrates 115 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,191 hours in all.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
672 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate
- This Is Your Mind on Plants
- American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
- The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
- Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
Other recordings
- The 2021 recording read by Melanie Challenger runs 0.9 hours shorter (7.4 hours).
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
How to be Animal: A New History of What It Means to Be Human is an audiobook by Melanie Challenger: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Hannah Curtis, released March 23, 2021, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Hannah Curtis
- Released
- March 23, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9780593392911
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How long is the How to be Animal: A New History of What It Means to Be Human audiobook?
How to be Animal: A New History of What It Means to Be Human runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
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Who narrates How to be Animal: A New History of What It Means to Be Human?
How to be Animal: A New History of What It Means to Be Human is narrated by Hannah Curtis.