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How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS by David France

How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS audiobook runs 24.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Rory O'malley (about 16.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

24.5listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 24.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day49 days
1 hour / day25 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

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What our data says

  • At 24.5 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS is an audiobook by David France: a 24.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Rory O'malley, released September 21, 2017, on the World shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
24.5 hrs
Narrated by
Rory O'malley
Released
September 21, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World
ISBN
9781509887057

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS audiobook?

How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS runs 24.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.3 hours.

Is the How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS?

How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS is narrated by Rory O'malley.

Is How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.3 hours, saving 8.2 hours.