On the Nature of Things: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On the Nature of Things audiobook runs 8.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Hugh Ross (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Hugh Ross
Hugh Ross narrates 15 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 101 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
5,764 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Eloise Fairfax runs 0.3 hours shorter (8.5 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
On the Nature of Things is an audiobook by Lucretius: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Hugh Ross, released December 10, 2011, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Hugh Ross
- Released
- December 10, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781843794325
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On the Nature of Things audiobook?
On the Nature of Things runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is the On the Nature of Things audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates On the Nature of Things?
On the Nature of Things is narrated by Hugh Ross.