A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop: A heartwarming and uplifting World War Two novel about community, friendship and books: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop: A heartwarming and uplifting World War Two novel about community, friendship and books runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Katy Sobey (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 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 |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Katy Sobey
Katy Sobey narrates 142 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,423 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,035 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop: A heartwarming and uplifting World War Two novel about community, friendship and books is an audiobook by Joanna Toye: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Katy Sobey, released January 16, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Katy Sobey
- Released
- January 16, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women, Drama
- ISBN
- 9781804956069
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop: A heartwarming and uplifting World War Two novel about community, friendship and books as an audiobook?
A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop: A heartwarming and uplifting World War Two novel about community, friendship and books runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop: A heartwarming and uplifting World War Two novel about community, friendship and books free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop: A heartwarming and uplifting World War Two novel about community, friendship and books?
A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop: A heartwarming and uplifting World War Two novel about community, friendship and books is narrated by Katy Sobey.