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The Forever Girl by Alexander McCall Smith

The Forever Girl: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Forever Girl runs 10.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steve Lyons (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.7listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Forever Girl at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

4,201 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2014 recording read by Susan Lyons runs about the same length (10.8 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

The Forever Girl is an audiobook by Alexander McCall Smith: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve Lyons, released February 11, 2014, on the Contemporary Women shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.7 hrs
Narrated by
Steve Lyons
Released
February 11, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women
ISBN
9781490603896

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Forever Girl as an audiobook?

The Forever Girl runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is The Forever Girl free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Forever Girl?

The Forever Girl is narrated by Steve Lyons.

Is The Forever Girl worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.