The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bahni Turpin and Cassandra Campbell (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bahni Turpin
Bahni Turpin narrates 441 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,052 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,070 Social Science 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 Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an audiobook by Rebecca Skloot: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Bahni Turpin and Cassandra Campbell, released February 2, 2010, on the Social Science and Biology & Chemistry shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bahni Turpin, Cassandra Campbell
- Released
- February 2, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Biology & Chemistry, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9780307712516
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as an audiobook?
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks?
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is narrated by Bahni Turpin and Cassandra Campbell.
Is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.