Where to Start with Henning Mankell
- Best entry point → The Man from Beijing
- Start the Kurt Wallander series → Faceless Killers
- What fans keep coming back to → The Dogs of Riga
- Best narrator for Henning Mankell → The Fifth Woman
- Highest rated by listeners → One Step Behind (Kurt Wallander #7)
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One Step Behind
Kurt Wallander • Book 7
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.09 ABR Score (23.9K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (22.8K) ★ 4.36 Audible (1.2K)15h 59m listening time • Released 2007Dick Hill's weathered voice transforms this Wallander mystery into pure Nordic noir—his pacing builds dread so gradually you don't realize you're trapped until the final revelation hits.
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Sidetracked
Kurt Wallander • Book 5
by Henning Mankell, Steven T. Murray
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.05 ABR Score (26.2K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (25.2K) ★ 4.33 Audible (993)14h 33m listening time • Released 2007 - 3
Firewall
Kurt Wallander • Book 8
by Henning Mankell, Ebba Segerberg
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.02 ABR Score (22.0K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (21.0K) ★ 4.37 Audible (1.0K)16h 13m listening time • Released 2009 - 4
The Man Who Smiled
Kurt Wallander • Book 4
by Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.00 ABR Score (27.4K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (26.3K) ★ 4.35 Audible (1.1K)12h 27m listening time • Released 2006 - 5
The Troubled Man
Kurt Wallander • Book 10
by Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson
Narrated by Robin Sachs
★ 3.99 ABR Score (20.0K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (19.1K) ★ 4.33 Audible (882)16h 55m listening time • Released 2011 - 6
The Fifth Woman
Kurt Wallander • Book 6
by Henning Mankell, Steven T. Murray
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.95 ABR Score (30.2K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (28.6K) ★ 4.22 Audible (1.6K)17h 3m listening time • Released 2008 - 7
The Pyramid: And Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries
Kurt Wallander • Book 9
by Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson, Ebba Segerberg
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.91 ABR Score (15.2K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (14.3K) ★ 4.31 Audible (917)15h 20m listening time • Released 2009Dick Hill's weathered voice transforms these early Wallander cases into something richer than prequel filler, capturing the detective's slow erosion from idealist to cynic across five interconnected mysteries that feel like discovering lost chapters of a favorite series.
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The White Lioness
Kurt Wallander • Book 3
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.86 ABR Score (25.4K ratings)★ 3.87 Goodreads (24.1K) ★ 4.23 Audible (1.3K)16h 59m listening time • Released 2006 - 9
The Dogs of Riga
Kurt Wallander • Book 2
by Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.73 ABR Score (32.2K ratings)★ 3.72 Goodreads (30.8K) ★ 4.15 Audible (1.3K)10h 41m listening time • Released 2006 - 10
The Man from Beijing
by Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson
Narrated by Rosalyn Landor
★ 3.64 ABR Score (19.0K ratings)★ 3.51 Goodreads (18.1K) ★ 3.81 Audible (839)15h 25m listening time • Released 2010 - 11
Faceless Killers
Kurt Wallander • Book 1
by Henning Mankell, Steven T. Murray
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.63 ABR Score (82.2K ratings)★ 3.76 Goodreads (79.6K) ★ 3.99 Audible (2.6K)8h 58m listening time • Released 2006
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