On the Origin of Species: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On the Origin of Species audiobook runs 21.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Wickham (about 14 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 43 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 days |
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What our data says
- At 21.1 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
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Peter Wickham narrates 62 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 752 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
19 Animals & Nature (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 Mark Elstob runs 4 hours shorter (17.1 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 Origin of Species is an audiobook by Charles Darwin: a 21.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Wickham, released June 1, 2016, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) and Biology & Chemistry shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Wickham
- Released
- June 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction), Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781843799696
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On the Origin of Species audiobook?
On the Origin of Species runs 21.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14 hours.
Is the On the Origin of Species audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates On the Origin of Species?
On the Origin of Species is narrated by Peter Wickham.
Is On the Origin of Species worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14 hours, saving 7 hours.