The Penguin Book of Penguins: An Expert’s Guide to the World’s Most Beloved Bird: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Penguin Book of Penguins: An Expert’s Guide to the World’s Most Beloved Bird runs 6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rufus Wright (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 6 hours, it is shorter than 61% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
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Rufus Wright narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 123 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
411 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) 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 Penguin Book of Penguins: An Expert’s Guide to the World’s Most Beloved Bird is an audiobook by Lisa Fretwell and Peter Fretwell: a 6-hour unabridged recording, read by Rufus Wright, released September 18, 2025, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rufus Wright
- Released
- September 18, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781405985697
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Penguin Book of Penguins: An Expert’s Guide to the World’s Most Beloved Bird as an audiobook?
The Penguin Book of Penguins: An Expert’s Guide to the World’s Most Beloved Bird runs 6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.
Is The Penguin Book of Penguins: An Expert’s Guide to the World’s Most Beloved Bird free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Penguin Book of Penguins: An Expert’s Guide to the World’s Most Beloved Bird?
The Penguin Book of Penguins: An Expert’s Guide to the World’s Most Beloved Bird is narrated by Rufus Wright.