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The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

The Explorer: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Explorer runs 6.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Noble (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.7listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Explorer at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 6.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf

1,109 Non-fiction (Kids) 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 Explorer is an audiobook by Katherine Rundell: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Noble, released April 6, 2018, on the Action & Adventure (Kids) and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.7 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Noble
Released
April 6, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Kids), Non-fiction (Kids)
ISBN
9781501991394

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Explorer as an audiobook?

The Explorer runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.

Is The Explorer free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Explorer?

The Explorer is narrated by Peter Noble.