The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 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 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
687 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 Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed is an audiobook by John Vaillant: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released October 27, 2020, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) and Unique Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Released
- October 27, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction), Unique Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781039000483
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed as an audiobook?
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed?
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.