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The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World by Abigail Tucker

The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World runs 7.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Arden Hammersmith (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.3listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.3 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World is an audiobook by Abigail Tucker: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Arden Hammersmith, released October 18, 2016, on the Social Science and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.3 hrs
Narrated by
Arden Hammersmith
Released
October 18, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781508228578

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World as an audiobook?

The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.

Is The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World?

The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World is narrated by Arden Hammersmith.