Rising From the Plains: Audiobook
Book 3 of the From Annals of the Former World series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Rising From the Plains audiobook runs 7.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Nelson Runger (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.5 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on From Annals of the Former World
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 13.8 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 31.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basin and Range | 7.1 hrs |
| 2 | In Suspect Terrain | 6.7 hrs |
| 3 | Rising From the Plains | 7.5 hrs |
| 4 | Assembling California | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Nelson Runger
Nelson Runger narrates 72 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,024 hours in all.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
598 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Rising From the Plains is book 3 of John McPhee's From Annals of the Former World series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Nelson Runger, released March 11, 2008, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nelson Runger
- Released
- March 11, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- Series
- From Annals of the Former World #3
- ISBN
- 9781440798856
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Rising From the Plains audiobook?
Rising From the Plains runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
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Who narrates Rising From the Plains?
Rising From the Plains is narrated by Nelson Runger.