The Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain’s New World of Extremes: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain’s New World of Extremes runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Shukman (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,859 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 Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain’s New World of Extremes is an audiobook by David Shukman: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Shukman, released May 7, 2026, on the Social Science and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Shukman
- Released
- May 7, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781529988017
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain’s New World of Extremes as an audiobook?
The Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain’s New World of Extremes runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is The Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain’s New World of Extremes free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain’s New World of Extremes?
The Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain’s New World of Extremes is narrated by David Shukman.