Is a River Alive?: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Is a River Alive? audiobook runs 10.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert MacFarlane (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert MacFarlane
Robert MacFarlane narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 34 hours in all.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
591 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
Is a River Alive? is an audiobook by Robert MacFarlane: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert MacFarlane, released May 20, 2025, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) and Learn Something New shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert MacFarlane
- Released
- May 20, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction), Learn Something New
- ISBN
- 9781696619875
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Is a River Alive? audiobook?
Is a River Alive? runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is the Is a River Alive? audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Is a River Alive??
Is a River Alive? is narrated by Robert MacFarlane.
Is Is a River Alive? worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.