The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization runs 8.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris
Dennis Boutsikaris narrates 87 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 920 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
893 World 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
The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization is an audiobook by Roland Ennos: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Dennis Boutsikaris, released December 1, 2020, on the World and Biology & Chemistry shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dennis Boutsikaris
- Released
- December 1, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781797114569
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization as an audiobook?
The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization?
The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization is narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris.