Where to Start with John Connolly
- Best entry point → Every Dead Thing
- Start The Book of Lost Things series → The Book of Lost Things
- What fans keep coming back to → Dark Hollow
- Best narrator for John Connolly → The Black Angel
- Highest rated by listeners → A Song of Shadows (Charlie Parker #13)
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A Song of Shadows
Charlie Parker • Book 13
Narrated by Jeff Harding
★ 4.28 ABR Score (8.3K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (7.7K) ★ 4.43 Audible (555)13h 37m listening time • Released 2015 - 2
The Black Angel
Charlie Parker • Book 5
Narrated by Jeff Harding
★ 4.24 ABR Score (11.6K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (11.2K) ★ 4.51 Audible (408)17h 22m listening time • Released 2014 - 3
The Wolf in Winter
Charlie Parker • Book 12
Narrated by Jeff Harding
★ 4.23 ABR Score (8.8K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (8.4K) ★ 4.44 Audible (418)12h 52m listening time • Released 2014 - 4
The Wrath of Angels
Charlie Parker • Book 11
Narrated by Jay Snyder
★ 4.21 ABR Score (8.1K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (7.8K) ★ 4.47 Audible (337)13h 54m listening time • Released 2013 - 5
Dark Hollow
Charlie Parker • Book 2
Narrated by Jeff Harding
★ 4.20 ABR Score (16.9K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (16.2K) ★ 4.51 Audible (708) - 6
The Killing Kind
Charlie Parker • Book 3
Narrated by Holter Graham
★ 4.19 ABR Score (15.2K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (14.8K) ★ 4.32 Audible (391)12h 48m listening time • Released 2017 - 7
The White Road
Charlie Parker • Book 4
Narrated by Paul Birchard
★ 4.17 ABR Score (11.2K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (10.8K) ★ 4.36 Audible (414)11h 50m listening time • Released 2014 - 8
The Lovers
Charlie Parker • Book 8
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.15 ABR Score (10.5K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (10.1K) ★ 4.49 Audible (337)11h 20m listening time • Released 2011 - 9
Every Dead Thing
Charlie Parker • Book 1
Narrated by Jeff Harding
★ 4.05 ABR Score (34.7K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (33.6K) ★ 4.17 Audible (1.1K)15h 45m listening time • Released 2012 - 10
The Book of Lost Things
The Book of Lost Things • Book 1
Narrated by Steven Crossley
★ 4.02 ABR Score (90.8K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (86.2K) ★ 4.37 Audible (4.7K)10h 56m listening time • Released 2008 - 11
Burning Soul
Charlie Parker • Book 10
Narrated by George Guidall, Tony Ward
★ 4.02 ABR Score (344 ratings)★ 4.37 Audible (344)12h 53m listening time • Released 2011 - 12
The Creeps
Samuel Johnson • Book 3
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
★ 3.98 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (2.1K) ★ 4.57 Audible (240)8h 39m listening time • Released 2013Tim Gerard Reynolds transforms Connolly's darkly comic horror into pure audio magic, nailing every grotesque creature and hapless teenager with a narrator who understands that creepy works best when it's funny first.
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Unquiet
Charlie Parker • Book 6
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 3.94 ABR Score (374 ratings)★ 4.42 Audible (374)14h 38m listening time • Released 2011 - 14
The Infernals
Samuel Johnson • Book 2
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
★ 3.87 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.37 Audible (292)9h 16m listening time • Released 2011Tim Gerard Reynolds transforms Connolly's darkly hilarious demon-chase into pure audio magic, making every grotesque creature and nervous joke land with perfect timing. A genuinely original fantasy that's equal parts creepy and laugh-out-loud weird.
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The Whisperers
Charlie Parker • Book 9
Narrated by Holter Graham
★ 3.80 ABR Score (8.6K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (8.1K) ★ 4.07 Audible (492)12h 35m listening time • Released 2010
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