A New Song: Audiobook
Book 5 of the A Mitford Novel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A New Song runs 17.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John McDonough (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John McDonough
John McDonough narrates 168 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 948 hours in all.
About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf
231 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Redeeming Love
- The Da Vinci Code
- The Secret of Pembrooke Park
- The Masterpiece
- An Echo in the Darkness
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 Song is book 5 of Jan Karon's A Mitford Novel series: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John McDonough, released January 1, 1999, on the Clean & Wholesome and Religious Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- John McDonough
- Released
- January 1, 1999
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Clean & Wholesome, Religious Fiction, Fiction
- Series
- A Mitford Novel #5
- ISBN
- 9780786558087
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A New Song as an audiobook?
A New Song runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.
Is A New Song free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A New Song?
A New Song is narrated by John McDonough.
Is A New Song worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.