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The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives by Stephen Buchmann

The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives runs 14.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Yen (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.4listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives at common listening paces
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30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) 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 Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives is an audiobook by Stephen Buchmann: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Yen, released July 21, 2015, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.4 hrs
Narrated by
Jonathan Yen
Released
July 21, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781494584139

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives as an audiobook?

The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.

Is The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives?

The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives is narrated by Jonathan Yen.

Is The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.