The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human runs 8.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Boehmer (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.3 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul Boehmer
Paul Boehmer narrates 472 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,598 hours in all.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
666 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) 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 Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human is an audiobook by Noah Strycker: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Boehmer, released January 25, 2017, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Boehmer
- Released
- January 25, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781515987505
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human as an audiobook?
The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human?
The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human is narrated by Paul Boehmer.