The Unbearable Lightness of Scones: Audiobook
Book 5 of the 44 Scotland Street series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Unbearable Lightness of Scones runs 13.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Ian MacKenzie (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.8 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on 44 Scotland Street
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 55 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 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 48 hours in all.
About as long, on the Drama shelf
1,232 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 Unbearable Lightness of Scones is book 5 of Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street series: a 13.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Ian MacKenzie, released January 5, 2010, on the Drama shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Released
- January 5, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama
- Series
- 44 Scotland Street #5
- ISBN
- 9781440784361
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Unbearable Lightness of Scones as an audiobook?
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones runs 13.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.
Is The Unbearable Lightness of Scones free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Unbearable Lightness of Scones?
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones is narrated by Robert Ian MacKenzie.
Is The Unbearable Lightness of Scones worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.