The Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light runs 6.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Perkins (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.6 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tom Perkins
Tom Perkins narrates 208 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,284 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
503 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- The Yosemite
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 Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light is an audiobook by Craig Childs: a 6.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Perkins, released July 27, 2026, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) and Astronomy & Physics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Perkins
- Released
- July 27, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction), Astronomy & Physics
- ISBN
- 9798318533587
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light as an audiobook?
The Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light runs 6.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.
Is The Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light?
The Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light is narrated by Tom Perkins.