Where to Start with Mystery Audiobooks Over 30 Hours
- Best place to start → The complete Sherlock Holmes
- Closest to 40 hours → Hercule Poirot (35h 5m)
- Standalone — no series commitment → The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker
- Most popular → Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Audio Collection
- Hidden gem → Torrent Witches Cozy Mysteries Complete Box Set (Books 1 - 10)
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Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Audio Collection
Sherlock Holmes #1-9 • Book 1
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Stephen Fry
Narrated by Stephen Fry
★ 4.97 ABR Score (239.5K ratings)★ 4.51 Goodreads (217.9K) ★ 4.84 Audible (21.6K)71h 57m listening time • Released 2017 - 2
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 - 3
The complete Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes #1-9
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.82 ABR Score (226.9K ratings)★ 4.51 Goodreads (217.8K) ★ 4.74 Audible (9.0K)58h 4m listening time • Released 2013Simon Vance's narration transforms these detective stories into pure listening pleasure, giving each character distinct voice and energy across 58 hours that feel effortless to devour.
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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 - 5
Torrent Witches Cozy Mysteries Complete Box Set (Books 1 - 10)
Torrent Witches #1-10 • Book 1
by Tess Lake
Narrated by Natalie Duke
★ 4.64 ABR Score (8.1K ratings)★ 4.52 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 4.75 Audible (5.7K)65h 31m listening time • Released 2022 - 6
Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot #0.1-0.51
Narrated by David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Nigel Hawthorne, Isla Blair, Simon Vance
★ 4.62 ABR Score (12.7K ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (10.9K) ★ 4.81 Audible (1.7K)35h 5m listening time • Released 2021David Suchet's definitive performance as Poirot anchors this collection of 51 short stories, each a perfectly compact puzzle that rewards listening in one sitting.
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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 - 8
Hallowe'en Party (The Agatha Christie collection: Poirot)
Hercule Poirot • Book 36
Narrated by Stephen Scalon
★ 3.93 ABR Score (106.7K ratings)★ 3.56 Goodreads (106.4K) ★ 4.53 Audible (363)35h 57m listening time • Released 2023 - 9
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker
by Jelani Cobb, David Remnick
Narrated by JD Jackson, Adjoa Andoh, January LaVoy, Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Copland, Kaleo Griffith
★ 3.82 ABR Score (271 ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (244) ★ 4.63 Audible (27)30h 1m listening time • Released 2021A century of The New Yorker's essential essays on race in America, from Baldwin to Coates, elevated by six narrators who bring distinct voices to each piece. The audio format transforms these arguments into intimate conversations.
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Bright Segments
by James Sallis
Narrated by Dan John Miller, Morgan Hallett, Gideon Emery
★ 3.41 ABR Score (6 ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (6)30h 25m listening time • Released 2024
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