Books like The Gene
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Dennis Boutsikaris
The Gene is 605 pages, about 11 hours 6 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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The Descent of Man 12.9 h 
Genes VII 18.2 h 
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh 10.0 h 
The Chimp and the River 3.2 h 
Borrowed Time 6.3 h 
Lewin's Genes XI 17.2 h 
Molecular Cloning 18.3 h 
Tell Me Who I Am 6.5 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.