Bertie Plays the Blues: Audiobook
Book 7 of the 44 Scotland Street series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bertie Plays the Blues audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on 44 Scotland Street
This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 80.4 hours before it; books 1 to 18 run 191 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 Scotland Street | 11.9 hrs |
| 2 | Espresso Tales | 14.6 hrs |
| 3 | Love Over Scotland | 14.4 hrs |
| 4 | The World According to Bertie | 14 hrs |
| 5 | The Unbearable Lightness of Scones | 13.8 hrs |
| 6 | The Importance of Being Seven | 11.6 hrs |
| 7 | Bertie Plays the Blues | 10.6 hrs |
| 8 | Sunshine on Scotland Street | 9.6 hrs |
| 9 | Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers | 9.8 hrs |
| 10 | The Revolving Door of Life | 9.7 hrs |
| 11 | The Bertie Project | 9.6 hrs |
| 12 | A Time of Love and Tartan | 8.2 hrs |
More narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie
Robert Ian Mackenzie narrates 23 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 205 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,045 Literary 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
Bertie Plays the Blues is book 7 of Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Ian Mackenzie, released October 8, 2013, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Released
- October 8, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Literary Fiction
- Series
- 44 Scotland Street #7
- ISBN
- 9781470392383
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bertie Plays the Blues audiobook?
Bertie Plays the Blues runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is the Bertie Plays the Blues audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bertie Plays the Blues?
Bertie Plays the Blues is narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie.
Is Bertie Plays the Blues worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.