The Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grant Cartwright (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
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What our data says
- At 9 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Grant Cartwright
Grant Cartwright narrates 75 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 702 hours in all.
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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 Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation is an audiobook by David Baker: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Grant Cartwright, released May 28, 2024, on the Mental Health & Psychology and Biology & Chemistry shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grant Cartwright
- Released
- May 28, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mental Health & Psychology, Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9798350897647
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation as an audiobook?
The Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation?
The Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation is narrated by Grant Cartwright.