The Mission Song: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mission Song runs 11.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Oyelowo (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Oyelowo
David Oyelowo narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 27 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
624 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
- The Guardians
- The President Is Missing
- The Broker
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Theo Ogundipe runs 1.5 hours longer (13 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 Mission Song is an audiobook by John Le Carré: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Oyelowo, released September 19, 2006, on the Espionage and Legal & Political shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Oyelowo
- Released
- September 19, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage, Legal & Political
- ISBN
- 9781594835674
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mission Song as an audiobook?
The Mission Song runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The Mission Song free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mission Song?
The Mission Song is narrated by David Oyelowo.
Is The Mission Song worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.