Where to Start with Harlan Coben
- Best entry point → No Second Chance
- Best standalone → [The Innocent] [By: Harlan Coben] [January, 2009]
- Start the Detective Roger 'Sami' Kierce series → Fool Me Once
- What fans keep coming back to → Tell No One
- Best narrator for Harlan Coben → Missing You
- Highest rated by listeners → Live Wire (Myron Bolitar #10)
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No Second Chance
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.35 ABR Score (52.0K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (45.8K) ★ 4.43 Audible (6.1K)14h 39m listening time • Released 2005Scott Brick's gravelly intensity transforms this into a nail-biter—his voice captures Marc's desperation so completely you feel trapped alongside him as Coben's twists keep multiplying.
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[The Innocent] [By: Harlan Coben] [January, 2009]
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.31 ABR Score (51.0K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (46.1K) ★ 4.44 Audible (4.9K)13h 28m listening time • Released 2005Scott Brick transforms this revenge thriller into something genuinely tense and paranoid—his narration mirrors Matt's unraveling as each betrayal lands harder than the last.
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Missing You
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 4.31 ABR Score (83.9K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (69.6K) ★ 4.35 Audible (14.3K)11h 46m listening time • Released 2014January LaVoy's performance transforms Coben's twisty mystery into something genuinely haunting, especially as Kat's carefully buried past collides with present danger.
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Tell No One
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by Ed Sala
★ 4.30 ABR Score (197.3K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (192.7K) ★ 4.35 Audible (4.6K)10h 36m listening time • Released 2012 -
Live Wire
Myron Bolitar • Book 10
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by Steven Weber
★ 4.28 ABR Score (54.8K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (52.4K) ★ 4.39 Audible (2.4K)9h 43m listening time • Released 2011 -
Fool Me Once
Detective Roger 'Sami' Kierce • Book 1
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 4.24 ABR Score (151.1K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (139.2K) ★ 4.27 Audible (12.0K)10h 5m listening time • Released 2016January LaVoy's performance elevates this twisty Coben thriller into something genuinely unsettling—her delivery of the unreliable narrator makes you distrust your own ears, which is exactly what the story demands.
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The Stranger
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by George Newbern
★ 4.15 ABR Score (109.4K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (103.2K) ★ 4.23 Audible (6.3K)9h 43m listening time • Released 2015 -
Gone Before Goodbye
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Peter Ganim, Saskia Maarleveld, James Fouhey
★ 4.12 ABR Score (129.8K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (121.7K) ★ 4.3 Audible (8.1K)10h 34m listening time • Released 2025A stellar ensemble cast transforms this medical thriller: Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine anchor a multi-narrator performance that makes each perspective feel authentically lived. Coben's twisty plot rewards the immersive audio format.
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The Boy from the Woods
Wilde • Book 1
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.10 ABR Score (123.2K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (113.9K) ★ 4.31 Audible (9.3K)12h 31m listening time • Released 2008Scott Brick's gravelly delivery makes Wilde feel like a man shaped by damage and isolation—he transforms a revenge thriller into something far more human and unsettling.
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Stay Close
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.08 ABR Score (67.4K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (62.1K) ★ 4.15 Audible (5.3K)11h 8m listening time • Released 2012 -
Six Years
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.06 ABR Score (110.5K ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (99.1K) ★ 4.09 Audible (11.4K)10h 34m listening time • Released 2013Scott Brick's measured, introspective delivery perfectly captures Jake's slow-burn realization that his most cherished memory is a lie—Coben's twist lands harder when you hear it dawn on him.
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