The Cuckoo's Calling: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Cormoran Strike Novel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cuckoo's Calling runs 16 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Glenister (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 16 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Cormoran Strike Novel
This is book 1. Books 1 to 8 run 203.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cuckoo's Calling | 16 hrs |
| 2 | The Silkworm | 17.4 hrs |
| 3 | Career of Evil | 17.5 hrs |
| 4 | Lethal White | 22.5 hrs |
| 5 | Troubled Blood | 31.9 hrs |
| 6 | The Ink Black Heart | 32.7 hrs |
| 7 | The Running Grave: A Cormoran Strike Novel | 34.2 hrs |
| 8 | The Hallmarked Man: A Cormoran Strike Novel | 31.1 hrs |
More narrated by Robert Glenister
Robert Glenister narrates 62 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 770 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
581 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Cuckoo's Calling is book 1 of Robert Galbraith's A Cormoran Strike Novel series: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Glenister, released April 30, 2013, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Glenister
- Released
- April 30, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- A Cormoran Strike Novel #1
- ISBN
- 9781611134933
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cuckoo's Calling as an audiobook?
The Cuckoo's Calling runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.
Is The Cuckoo's Calling free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cuckoo's Calling?
The Cuckoo's Calling is narrated by Robert Glenister.
Is The Cuckoo's Calling worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.