The Novel Habits of Happiness: Audiobook
Book 10 of the Isabel Dalhousie series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Novel Habits of Happiness runs 8.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Davina Porter (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Isabel Dalhousie
This is book 10. Books 1 to 9 run 74 hours before it; books 1 to 16 run 130.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sunday Philosophy Club | 8.1 hrs |
| 2 | Friends, Lovers, Chocolate | 8.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Right Attitude to Rain | 8.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Careful Use of Compliments | 8.1 hrs |
| 5 | The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday | 7.7 hrs |
| 6 | The Lost Art of Gratitude | 8.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Charming Quirks of Others | 8.1 hrs |
| 8 | The Forgotten Affairs of Youth | 8.3 hrs |
| 9 | The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds | 8.2 hrs |
| 10 | The Novel Habits of Happiness | 8.4 hrs |
| 11 | A Distant View of Everything | 7.7 hrs |
| 12 | The Quiet Side of Passion | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Davina Porter
Davina Porter narrates 183 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,579 hours in all.
- Outlander
- Dragonfly in Amber
- Voyager
- Drums of Autumn
- The Fiery Cross
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,691 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)
- Girl on a Train
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- The 18th Abduction
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 Novel Habits of Happiness is book 10 of Alexander McCall Smith's Isabel Dalhousie series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Davina Porter, released July 21, 2015, on the Police & Detective and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Davina Porter
- Released
- July 21, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Contemporary Women
- Series
- Isabel Dalhousie #10
- ISBN
- 9781490690711
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Novel Habits of Happiness as an audiobook?
The Novel Habits of Happiness runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is The Novel Habits of Happiness free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Novel Habits of Happiness?
The Novel Habits of Happiness is narrated by Davina Porter.