The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Will Damron (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 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 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Will Damron
Will Damron narrates 464 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,932 hours in all.
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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 in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization is an audiobook by Vince Beiser: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Will Damron, released August 7, 2018, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) and Economics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Will Damron
- Released
- August 7, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction), Economics
- ISBN
- 9780525626930
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization as an audiobook?
The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization?
The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization is narrated by Will Damron.