classic fiction audiobook
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee narrated by Sissy Spacek is about 12 hours and 15 minutes long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 8 hr 10 min, and at 2× to about 6 hr 8 min.
Runtimes are approximate and vary slightly by edition and retailer. Check the length shown in Audible, Libby, Spotify or Apple Books for your copy.
| Playback speed | Total time |
|---|---|
| 0.8× | 15 hr 19 min |
| 1× | 12 hr 15 min |
| 1.25× | 9 hr 48 min |
| 1.5× | 8 hr 10 min |
| 1.75× | 7 hr |
| 2× | 6 hr 8 min |
| 2.5× | 4 hr 54 min |
| 3× | 4 hr 5 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 13 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 9 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 11 days.
The table below shows whole days needed for every combination of speed and daily listening time.
| Speed | 15 min | 30 min | 45 min | 1 hr | 1.5 hr | 2 hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1× | 49 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| 1.25× | 40 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| 1.5× | 33 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| 2× | 25 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
How long, really
At 12 hr 15 min, To Kill a Mockingbird is close to a full workday of listening, or a New York to London flight and then some. That's longer than about 58% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, To Kill a Mockingbird comes to roughly 114,000 words. Narrators vary, so a faster or slower reader will shift that number and the total runtime.
Want to try other speeds or your own schedule? Use the audiobook speed calculator or the listening goal calculator to find the daily minutes you need.
Track it as you listen
Booktrace is an iPhone audiobook tracker that logs your sessions, chapters, narrator and playback speed in one place, so you can see real progress through To Kill a Mockingbird and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The To Kill a Mockingbird audiobook by Harper Lee runs about 12 hours and 15 minutes at normal (1x) speed, in the edition narrated by Sissy Spacek. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, To Kill a Mockingbird takes about 8 hours and 10 minutes. At 2x it takes about 6 hours and 8 minutes.
At one hour a day and normal speed, To Kill a Mockingbird takes about 13 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 9 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 25 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, To Kill a Mockingbird is longer than about 58% of them. At 12 hr 15 min it is close to a full workday of listening, or a New York to London flight and then some.
