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A Song of Comfortable Chairs by Alexander McCall Smith

A Song of Comfortable Chairs: Audiobook

Book 23 of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Song of Comfortable Chairs runs 9.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lisette Lecat (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.9listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.9 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,609 Police & Detective 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 Song of Comfortable Chairs is book 23 of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisette Lecat, released September 6, 2022, on the Police & Detective and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.9 hrs
Narrated by
Lisette Lecat
Released
September 6, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Literary Fiction
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #23
ISBN
9781705047989

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Song of Comfortable Chairs as an audiobook?

A Song of Comfortable Chairs runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is A Song of Comfortable Chairs free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Song of Comfortable Chairs?

A Song of Comfortable Chairs is narrated by Lisette Lecat.