The Second-Worst Restaurant in France: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Paul Stuart series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Second-Worst Restaurant in France runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Timothy Ackroyd (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Paul Stuart
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 6.8 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 14.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Italian Bulldozer | 6.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Second-Worst Restaurant in France | 7.5 hrs |
More narrated by Timothy Ackroyd
Timothy Ackroyd narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 29 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,061 Literary 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 Second-Worst Restaurant in France is book 2 of Alexander McCall Smith's Paul Stuart series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Timothy Ackroyd, released July 16, 2019, on the Literary Fiction and Rom-Com shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Timothy Ackroyd
- Released
- July 16, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Rom-Com
- Series
- Paul Stuart #2
- ISBN
- 9781980031932
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Second-Worst Restaurant in France as an audiobook?
The Second-Worst Restaurant in France runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is The Second-Worst Restaurant in France free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Second-Worst Restaurant in France?
The Second-Worst Restaurant in France is narrated by Timothy Ackroyd.