The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic runs 11.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Runnette (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sean Runnette
Sean Runnette narrates 327 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,528 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf
3,438 Biography & Memoir 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 Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic is an audiobook by Wade Davis: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Runnette, released May 12, 2020, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Runnette
- Released
- May 12, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781705207840
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic as an audiobook?
The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic?
The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic is narrated by Sean Runnette.
Is The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.