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44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith

44 Scotland Street: Audiobook

Book 1 of the 44 Scotland Street series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the 44 Scotland Street audiobook runs 11.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.9listening hrs
Dramastore shelf
2005released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish 44 Scotland Street at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on 44 Scotland Street

This is book 1. Books 1 to 18 run 191 hours in all.

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

44 Scotland Street is book 1 of Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Ian Mackenzie, released May 19, 2005, on the Drama shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.9 hrs
Narrated by
Robert Ian Mackenzie
Released
May 19, 2005
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Drama
Series
44 Scotland Street #1
ISBN
9781436101110

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the 44 Scotland Street audiobook?

44 Scotland Street runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.

Is the 44 Scotland Street audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates 44 Scotland Street?

44 Scotland Street is narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie.

Is 44 Scotland Street worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.