Harry Hole audiobooks in order
Oslo's most self-destructive detective. Bleak, violent, and enormously popular for it.
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Jo NesbøNarrated by Sean Barrett · 13 booksPhoto: Elena Torre · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped, via Wikimedia CommonsWhich order should you listen in?
A trap worth knowing about: the first two books were translated into English years after the rest, so English publication order is NOT series order. The list below is the correct sequence. Many readers start at The Redbreast, which is where the series properly finds itself — but then you meet Harry mid-stride.
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Harry Hole in series order
- 1
The Bat (1997)Read by Sean Barrett · 10h 44m unabridged - 2
Cockroaches (1998)Read by Sean Barrett · 10h 42m unabridged - 3
The Redbreast (2000)Read by Sean Barrett · 14h 37m unabridged - 4
Nemesis (2002)Read by Sean Barrett · 14h 53m unabridged - 5
The Devil's Star (2003)Read by Sean Barrett · 14h 6m unabridged - 6
The Redeemer (2005)Read by Sean Barrett · 14h 51m unabridged - 7
The Snowman (2007)Read by Sean Barrett · 14h 36m unabridged - 8
The Leopard (2009)Read by Sean Barrett · 19h 26m unabridged - 9
Phantom (2011)Read by Sean Barrett · 14h 53m unabridged - 10
Police (2013)Read by Sean Barrett · 17h 3m unabridged - 11
The Thirst (2017)Read by Sean Barrett · 17h 43m unabridged - 12
Knife (2019)Read by Sean Barrett · 17h 23m unabridged - 13
Killing Moon (2023)Read by Sean Barrett · 16h 9m unabridged