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Akimbo And The Lions by Alexander McCall Smith

Akimbo And The Lions: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Akimbo series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Akimbo And The Lions audiobook runs 1 hours unabridged, narrated by Alexander McCall Smith (about 0.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Kids)store shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 1 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 2,649 Action & Adventure (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Akimbo

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 3.4 hours in all.

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Kids) shelf

115 Action & Adventure (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2008 recording read by Alexander McCall Smith runs about the same length (0.9 hours).

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

Akimbo And The Lions is book 1 of Alexander McCall Smith's Akimbo series: a 1-hour unabridged recording, read by Alexander McCall Smith, released June 4, 2015, on the Action & Adventure (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1 hrs
Narrated by
Alexander McCall Smith
Released
June 4, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Kids)
Series
Akimbo #1
ISBN
9781510008731

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Akimbo And The Lions audiobook?

Akimbo And The Lions runs 1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.7 hours.

Is the Akimbo And The Lions audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Akimbo And The Lions?

Akimbo And The Lions is narrated by Alexander McCall Smith.