The World Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why It Matters to Us All: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why It Matters to Us All runs 8.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Frank Ashwood (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 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 8.4 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
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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 World Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why It Matters to Us All is an audiobook by Frank Ashwood: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Frank Ashwood, released September 29, 2026, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) and Biology & Chemistry shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Frank Ashwood
- Released
- September 29, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction), Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9798217409488
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The World Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why It Matters to Us All as an audiobook?
The World Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why It Matters to Us All runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is The World Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why It Matters to Us All free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The World Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why It Matters to Us All?
The World Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why It Matters to Us All is narrated by Frank Ashwood.