The Wild Places: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wild Places runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Bubb (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Bubb
Simon Bubb narrates 125 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,103 hours in all.
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- Enjoying Jesus: Experience the Presence and Kindness of the Son of God in Everyday Life
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About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
702 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
- The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
- The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
- Silent Spring
- Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
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 Places is an audiobook by Robert MacFarlane: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Bubb, released July 30, 2020, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Bubb
- Released
- July 30, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781783787210
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wild Places as an audiobook?
The Wild Places runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is The Wild Places free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wild Places?
The Wild Places is narrated by Simon Bubb.