Shakespeare's Counselor: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Lily Bard Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shakespeare's Counselor audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Julia Gibson (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lily Bard Mysteries
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 27.8 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 35.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakespeare's Landlord | 6.8 hrs |
| 2 | Shakespeare's Champion | 7.4 hrs |
| 3 | Shakespeare's Christmas | 6.6 hrs |
| 4 | Shakespeare's Trollop | 6.9 hrs |
| 5 | Shakespeare's Counselor | 7.9 hrs |
More narrated by Julia Gibson
Julia Gibson narrates 153 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,502 hours in all.
- My Sister's Keeper
- Vanishing Acts
- The Patron Saint of Liars
- What I Did for Love
- Salem Falls
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,060 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Open Season
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- The People vs. Alex Cross
- Mary, Mary
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
Shakespeare's Counselor is book 5 of Charlaine Harris's Lily Bard Mysteries series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Gibson, released December 8, 2009, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Julia Gibson
- Released
- December 8, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Lily Bard Mysteries #5
- ISBN
- 9781440789588
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Shakespeare's Counselor audiobook?
Shakespeare's Counselor runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is the Shakespeare's Counselor audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Shakespeare's Counselor?
Shakespeare's Counselor is narrated by Julia Gibson.