The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human runs 5.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kris Koscheski (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.6 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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What our data says
- At 5.6 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kris Koscheski
Kris Koscheski narrates 44 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 398 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literature shelf
2,696 Literature 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 Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human is an audiobook by Jonathan Gottschall: a 5.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Kris Koscheski, released September 24, 2012, on the Literature shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kris Koscheski
- Released
- September 24, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literature
- ISBN
- 9781452679921
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human as an audiobook?
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human runs 5.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human?
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human is narrated by Kris Koscheski.