The Revolving Door of Life: Audiobook
Book 10 of the 44 Scotland Street series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Revolving Door of Life runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.7 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on 44 Scotland Street
This is book 10. Books 1 to 9 run 110.4 hours before it; books 1 to 18 run 191 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 Scotland Street | 11.9 hrs |
| 2 | Espresso Tales | 14.6 hrs |
| 3 | Love Over Scotland | 14.4 hrs |
| 4 | The World According to Bertie | 14 hrs |
| 5 | The Unbearable Lightness of Scones | 13.8 hrs |
| 6 | The Importance of Being Seven | 11.6 hrs |
| 7 | Bertie Plays the Blues | 10.6 hrs |
| 8 | Sunshine on Scotland Street | 9.6 hrs |
| 9 | Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers | 9.8 hrs |
| 10 | The Revolving Door of Life | 9.7 hrs |
| 11 | The Bertie Project | 9.6 hrs |
| 12 | A Time of Love and Tartan | 8.2 hrs |
More narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie
Robert Ian Mackenzie narrates 46 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 543 hours in all.
About as long, on the Drama shelf
3,210 Drama 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 Revolving Door of Life is book 10 of Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Ian Mackenzie, released February 9, 2016, on the Drama shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Released
- February 9, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama
- Series
- 44 Scotland Street #10
- ISBN
- 9781501911613
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Revolving Door of Life as an audiobook?
The Revolving Door of Life runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is The Revolving Door of Life free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Revolving Door of Life?
The Revolving Door of Life is narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie.