Where to Start with Robert Galbraith
- Best entry point → The Cuckoo's Calling
- Underrated but highly rated → The Running Grave
- What fans keep coming back to → The Silkworm
- Highest rated by listeners → Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike #5)
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The Running Grave
Cormoran Strike • Book 7
by Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling
Narrated by Robert Glenister
★ 4.91 ABR Score (119.3K ratings)★ 4.59 Goodreads (113.0K) ★ 4.83 Audible (6.2K)34h 14m listening time • Released 2023 - 2
Troubled Blood
Cormoran Strike • Book 5
by Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling
Narrated by Robert Glenister
★ 4.79 ABR Score (161.5K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (149.1K) ★ 4.77 Audible (12.4K)31h 51m listening time • Released 2020 - 3
Lethal White
Cormoran Strike • Book 4
Narrated by Robert Glenister
★ 4.67 ABR Score (203.1K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (188.1K) ★ 4.69 Audible (15.0K)22h 31m listening time • Released 2018 - 4
Career of Evil
Cormoran Strike • Book 3
Narrated by Robert Glenister
★ 4.62 ABR Score (248.8K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (231.1K) ★ 4.64 Audible (17.7K)17h 57m listening time • Released 2015 - 5
The Silkworm
Cormoran Strike • Book 2
by Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling
Narrated by Robert Glenister
★ 4.40 ABR Score (319.6K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (296.4K) ★ 4.49 Audible (23.2K)17h 17m listening time • Released 2014 - 6
The Cuckoo's Calling
Cormoran Strike • Book 1
Narrated by Robert Glenister
★ 4.33 ABR Score (668.5K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (630.7K) ★ 4.45 Audible (37.8K)15h 54m listening time • Released 2013 - 7
The Ink Black Heart
Cormoran Strike • Book 6
Narrated by Robert Glenister
★ 4.28 ABR Score (126.9K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (118.0K) ★ 4.4 Audible (9.0K)32h 42m listening time • Released 2022
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