The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs: The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Time on Earth: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs: The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Time on Earth runs 5.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lisa S. Ware (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.8 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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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 5.8 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Lisa S. Ware
Lisa S. Ware narrates 56 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 432 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
338 World 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 Shortest History of the Dinosaurs: The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Time on Earth is an audiobook by Riley Black: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisa S. Ware, released January 12, 2026, on the World and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lisa S. Ware
- Released
- January 12, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9798855598469
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs: The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Time on Earth as an audiobook?
The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs: The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Time on Earth runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.
Is The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs: The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Time on Earth free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs: The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Time on Earth?
The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs: The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Time on Earth is narrated by Lisa S. Ware.