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The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

The Stone Diaries: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Stone Diaries runs 12.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Deborah Drakeford (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.9listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Stone Diaries at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

1,811 Contemporary Women 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 Stone Diaries is an audiobook by Carol Shields: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Deborah Drakeford, released August 23, 2022, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.9 hrs
Narrated by
Deborah Drakeford
Released
August 23, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women, Drama
ISBN
9781039004160

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Stone Diaries as an audiobook?

The Stone Diaries runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is The Stone Diaries free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Stone Diaries?

The Stone Diaries is narrated by Deborah Drakeford.

Is The Stone Diaries worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.