Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors audiobook runs 15.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Clinnette Minnis and Ann Druyan and others (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ann Druyan
Ann Druyan narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 102 hours in all.
- Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
- The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
- Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
- The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
- Cosmos: Possible Worlds
About as long, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf
80 Biology & Chemistry 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
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is an audiobook by Ann Druyan and Carl Sagan: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Clinnette Minnis, Ann Druyan and Nick Sagan, released July 25, 2017, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Clinnette Minnis, Ann Druyan, Nick Sagan
- Released
- July 25, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781531888275
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors audiobook?
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Is the Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors?
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is narrated by Clinnette Minnis, Ann Druyan and Nick Sagan.
Is Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.3 hours.