What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend audiobook runs 9.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Don Hagen (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.1 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Don Hagen
Don Hagen narrates 144 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,159 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,032 World 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
What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend is an audiobook by John Homans: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Don Hagen, released November 13, 2012, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Don Hagen
- Released
- November 13, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781469085746
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend audiobook?
What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
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Who narrates What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend?
What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend is narrated by Don Hagen.