Life on the Edge: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Life on the Edge audiobook runs 12.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Pete Cross (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Pete Cross
Pete Cross narrates 232 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,830 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,031 Social Science 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
Life on the Edge is an audiobook by Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Pete Cross, released July 28, 2015, on the Social Science and Astronomy & Physics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Pete Cross
- Released
- July 28, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Astronomy & Physics, Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781666596076
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Life on the Edge audiobook?
Life on the Edge runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is the Life on the Edge audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Life on the Edge?
Life on the Edge is narrated by Pete Cross.
Is Life on the Edge worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.