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Once A Pilgrim by James Deegan

Once A Pilgrim: Audiobook

Book 1 of the John Carr series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once A Pilgrim audiobook runs 12.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Joshua Manning (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.9listening hrs
Espionagestore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Once A Pilgrim at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on John Carr

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 26 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Once A Pilgrim12.9 hrs
2The Angry Sea13 hrs

About as long, on the Espionage shelf

464 Espionage 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

Once A Pilgrim is book 1 of James Deegan's John Carr series: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Joshua Manning, released January 25, 2018, on the Espionage shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.9 hrs
Narrated by
Joshua Manning
Released
January 25, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage
Series
John Carr #1
ISBN
9780008229504

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Once A Pilgrim audiobook?

Once A Pilgrim runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is the Once A Pilgrim audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Once A Pilgrim?

Once A Pilgrim is narrated by Joshua Manning.

Is Once A Pilgrim worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.