The World According to Bertie: Audiobook
Book 4 of the 44 Scotland Street series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World According to Bertie runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 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 |
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 14 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on 44 Scotland Street
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 41 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
1,152 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 World According to Bertie is book 4 of Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street series: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Ian Mackenzie, released December 12, 2008, on the Drama shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Released
- December 12, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama
- Series
- 44 Scotland Street #4
- ISBN
- 9781436185011
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The World According to Bertie as an audiobook?
The World According to Bertie runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is The World According to Bertie free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The World According to Bertie?
The World According to Bertie is narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie.
Is The World According to Bertie worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.