The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark runs 17.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ann Druyan and Seth MacFarlane and others (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 2,188 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ann Druyan
Ann Druyan narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 60 hours in all.
- Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
- The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
- Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record
About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
67 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe
- Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
- The Three Waves of Volunteers & The New Earth
- Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
- Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is an audiobook by Carl Sagan: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Ann Druyan, Seth MacFarlane and Cary Elwes, released May 30, 2017, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ann Druyan, Seth MacFarlane, Cary Elwes
- Released
- May 30, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781531888169
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark as an audiobook?
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.
Is The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark?
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is narrated by Ann Druyan, Seth MacFarlane and Cary Elwes.
Is The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.