Books like The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
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What it is about
- Private investigators
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Murder
Ages
- Adult
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Why: Both are books about murder and private investigators.
What both books share
- murder
The Cuckoo's Calling: "murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Killing Floor: "Murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction" (LoC 650) - private investigators
The Cuckoo's Calling: "private investigators" (OL subject); "Private investigators, fiction" (OL subject); "Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Killing Floor: "Private investigators" (OL subject); "Private investigators, fiction" (OL subject); "Private investigators -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
- murder
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Why: Both are crime books.
What both books share
- crime
The Cuckoo's Calling: "crime" (OL subject); "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: "crime" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
- crime
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Why: Both are crime books.
What both books share
- crime
The Cuckoo's Calling: "crime" (OL subject); "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
And Then There Were None: "Crime" (OL subject); "Fiction, crime" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
- crime
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Why: Both are crime books.
What both books share
- crime
The Cuckoo's Calling: "crime" (OL subject); "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
The Murder at the Vicarage: "Comics & graphic novels, crime & mystery" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
- crime
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Why: Both are crime books about murder.
What both books share
- crime
The Cuckoo's Calling: "crime" (OL subject); "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
Nine Dragons: "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre) - murder
The Cuckoo's Calling: "murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Nine Dragons: "Murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- crime
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Why: Both are crime books about murder.
What both books share
- crime
The Cuckoo's Calling: "crime" (OL subject); "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
The Brutal Telling: "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, crime" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre) - murder
The Cuckoo's Calling: "murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
The Brutal Telling: "Murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- crime
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Why: Both are crime books about private investigators, set in England.
What both books share
- crime
The Cuckoo's Calling: "crime" (OL subject); "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
After the Funeral: "Fiction, crime" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre) - private investigators
The Cuckoo's Calling: "private investigators" (OL subject); "Private investigators, fiction" (OL subject); "Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
After the Funeral: "Private investigators" (OL subject); "Private investigators, fiction" (OL subject); "Private investigators -- England -- Fiction." (LoC 650) - England
The Cuckoo's Calling: "Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction." (Library of Congress)
After the Funeral: "narrative location (P840): England" (Wikidata)
- crime
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Why: Both are books about murder and private investigators.
What both books share
- murder
The Cuckoo's Calling: "murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
A Wanted Man: "Murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650) - private investigators
The Cuckoo's Calling: "private investigators" (OL subject); "Private investigators, fiction" (OL subject); "Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
A Wanted Man: "Private investigators" (OL subject); "Private investigators -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- murder
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Why: Both are books about murder, set in London.
What both books share
- murder
The Cuckoo's Calling: "murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Personal: "Murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650) - London
The Cuckoo's Calling: "London" (OL subject); "London (england), fiction" (OL subject); "London" (OL place); "London" (WD narrative location)
Personal: "London" (WD narrative location)
- murder
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Why: Both are books about murder, set in England.
What both books share
- murder
The Cuckoo's Calling: "murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
All the Colors of Darkness: "Murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650) - England
The Cuckoo's Calling: "Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction." (Library of Congress)
All the Colors of Darkness: "Police -- England -- Yorkshire -- Fiction." (Library of Congress)
- murder
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Why: Both are books about murder, set in England.
What both books share
- murder
The Cuckoo's Calling: "murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Friend of the Devil: "Murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650) - England
The Cuckoo's Calling: "Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction." (Library of Congress)
Friend of the Devil: "Police -- England -- Yorkshire -- Fiction." (Library of Congress)
- murder
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Why: Both are books about murder, set in England.
What both books share
- murder
The Cuckoo's Calling: "murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
The White Queen: "Murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- England -- History -- To 1500 -- Fiction." (LoC 650) - England
The Cuckoo's Calling: "Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction." (Library of Congress)
The White Queen: "Murder -- England -- History -- To 1500 -- Fiction." (Library of Congress)
- murder
Books like the Cormoran Strike series
What they share, at a glance
The Cuckoo's Calling next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Murder | Crime | England | Private investigators | London |
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| Killing Floor | shared | not shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| And Then There Were None | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Murder at the Vicarage | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Nine Dragons | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Brutal Telling | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| After the Funeral | not shared | shared | shared | shared | not shared |
| A Wanted Man | shared | not shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
| Personal | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | shared |
| All the Colors of Darkness | shared | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Friend of the Devil | shared | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The White Queen | shared | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
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The Cuckoo's Calling: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on April 18, 2013. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Series
- It is book 1 of the Cormoran Strike series. Source: robert-galbraith.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Cormoran Strike ... The Cuckoo's Calling
- Next in the series
- Book 2 is The Silkworm. Source: robert-galbraith.com, checked November 6, 2026.
The Cuckoo's Calling ... The Silkworm
Where does The Cuckoo's Calling sit in its series? See the reading order.
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