How to Fly: Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects and Humans: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How to Fly: Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects and Humans audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Barnes (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 12 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Barnes
Simon Barnes narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 68 hours in all.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
408 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 Fly: Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects and Humans is an audiobook by Simon Barnes: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Barnes, released May 7, 2026, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Barnes
- Released
- May 7, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781526687500
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How to Fly: Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects and Humans audiobook?
How to Fly: Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects and Humans runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the How to Fly: Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects and Humans audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates How to Fly: Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects and Humans?
How to Fly: Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects and Humans is narrated by Simon Barnes.
Is How to Fly: Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects and Humans worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.