The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife - A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife - A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR runs 6.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Sackville (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.6 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Sackville
John Sackville narrates 156 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,342 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
498 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife - A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR is an audiobook by Tim Birkhead: a 6.6-hour unabridged recording, read by John Sackville, released March 13, 2025, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Sackville
- Released
- March 13, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781399415705
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How long is The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife - A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR as an audiobook?
The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife - A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR runs 6.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.
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Who narrates The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife - A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR?
The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife - A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR is narrated by John Sackville.