Narrated by Simon Vance, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson has a runtime of 16 hrs 19 mins on Audible.
Publisher’s Summary
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE‘S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The thrilling first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series featuring Lisbeth Salander: “Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and a down-on-his-luck investigative journalist, and you have the ingredients of Stieg Larsson’s first novel” (The New York Times). • Also known as the Millennium series
Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.
Look for the latest book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons!
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs 19 mins
- Publisher: Random House Audio
- Release year: 2008
- Audible category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Crime Fiction / Serial Killers
Listener Ratings
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo holds an average listener rating of 4.6/5 from 42264 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.7/5
- Story: 4.6/5
- 5-star ratings: 69% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “Very Well Written”
I couldn’t stop listening to this book – I had to finish it. It’s not edge of your seat kind of thriller – it’s more of a suspenseful thinking kind of thriller – if that makes sense at all. It has enough twists to make your head spin and it was kind of confusing at the start since there were so many characters involved, but it was very well written and the characters’ lives and the way they cross paths is just very good story telling. The narrator was very good, too.— Tequila, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “SKIP THE MOVIES”
My recommendations maybe a few years late but better late than never.I’ve seen both the Swedish(2008) and US(2012) versions of the movie and they both do not stand a chance before this masterpiece. The movies destroyed many good things which supposed to be known and appreciated by the reader.
When I started listening It took me 3 tries to go past first 30 minutes ( Mr Vance has a very specific voice, takes some time to get used to) but than I couldn’t stop.
Please read or listen but don’t watch this crappy movies.
— Professor, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO”
THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I’VE LISTENED TO IN A YEAR. IT IS RIVITING AND INTRICATELY WRITTEN. WHAT A GREAT AUTHOR !!!— BEVERLY, Audible listener
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