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To Be Where You Are by Jan Karon

To Be Where You Are: Audiobook

Book 14 of the A Mitford Novel series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the To Be Where You Are audiobook runs 17.8 hours unabridged, narrated by John McDonough (about 11.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.8listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish To Be Where You Are at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.8 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 5,079 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by John McDonough

John McDonough narrates 67 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 402 hours in all.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

87 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

To Be Where You Are is book 14 of Jan Karon's A Mitford Novel series: a 17.8-hour unabridged recording, read by John McDonough, released September 19, 2017, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.8 hrs
Narrated by
John McDonough
Released
September 19, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women, Drama
Series
A Mitford Novel #14
ISBN
9780735207967

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the To Be Where You Are audiobook?

To Be Where You Are runs 17.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.9 hours.

Is the To Be Where You Are audiobook free?

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

Who narrates To Be Where You Are?

To Be Where You Are is narrated by John McDonough.

Is To Be Where You Are worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.9 hours, saving 5.9 hours.