The Gene: An Intimate History: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gene: An Intimate History runs 19.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris (about 12.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19.4 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 5,775 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris
Dennis Boutsikaris narrates 38 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 412 hours in all.
About as long, on the Medicine & Naturopathy shelf
53 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
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- I: Reality and Subjectivity
- DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution
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 Gene: An Intimate History is an audiobook by Siddhartha Mukherjee: a 19.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Dennis Boutsikaris, released May 17, 2016, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dennis Boutsikaris
- Released
- May 17, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Medicine & Naturopathy, World, Thought-Provoking Listens
- ISBN
- 9781508211396
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Gene: An Intimate History as an audiobook?
The Gene: An Intimate History runs 19.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.9 hours.
Is The Gene: An Intimate History free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Gene: An Intimate History?
The Gene: An Intimate History is narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris.
Is The Gene: An Intimate History worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.9 hours, saving 6.5 hours.