The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water runs 13.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Hoye (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
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Stephen Hoye narrates 144 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,715 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
256 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) 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
The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water is an audiobook by Charles Fishman: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Hoye, released April 12, 2011, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Hoye
- Released
- April 12, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781452670782
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water as an audiobook?
The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water?
The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water is narrated by Stephen Hoye.
Is The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.