The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning runs 19.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Derek Perkins (about 12.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19.3 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Derek Perkins
Derek Perkins narrates 328 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,800 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
193 Social Science 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 Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning is an audiobook by Jeremy Lent: a 19.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Perkins, released September 19, 2017, on the Social Science shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Derek Perkins
- Released
- September 19, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781538450598
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning as an audiobook?
The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning runs 19.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.8 hours.
Is The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning?
The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning is narrated by Derek Perkins.
Is The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.8 hours, saving 6.4 hours.