The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Pollan (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 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 |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 86 hours in all.
- How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
- This Is Your Mind on Plants
- How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
- A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
- Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
686 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
- The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
- The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
- Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
- Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
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 Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World is an audiobook by Michael Pollan: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Pollan, released October 18, 2022, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Pollan
- Released
- October 18, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9780593676653
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How long is The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World as an audiobook?
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World?
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World is narrated by Michael Pollan.