The First Friend: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Friend runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Meadows (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Meadows
Mark Meadows narrates 236 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,168 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,035 Historical (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
The First Friend is an audiobook by Malcolm Knox: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Meadows, released September 12, 2024, on the Espionage and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Meadows
- Released
- September 12, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage, Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781004178131
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Friend as an audiobook?
The First Friend runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The First Friend free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Friend?
The First Friend is narrated by Mark Meadows.
Is The First Friend worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.