The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week': Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' runs 17.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Daniel Levitin (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.3 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Daniel Levitin
Daniel Levitin narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 71 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
484 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0
- The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
- Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
- The Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed or Fail
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 Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' is an audiobook by Michael Spitzer: a 17.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Daniel Levitin, released April 13, 2021, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Daniel Levitin
- Released
- April 13, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781635578300
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' as an audiobook?
The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' runs 17.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.
Is The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'?
The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' is narrated by Daniel Levitin.
Is The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.8 hours.