Best TurtleMe Audiobooks
TurtleMe built one of progression fantasy's most devoted fanbases with The Beginning after the End, a series that launched as a web novel and grew into a sprawling, emotionally ambitious epic. The premise — a reincarnated king rebuilding his identity in a world of magic and monsters — sounds familiar, but TurtleMe pushes past isekai conventions with genuinely layered worldbuilding and a protagonist whose growth feels earned across hundreds of chapters. The writing is propulsive and addictive, with escalating stakes that make volumes like Divergence and Convergence feel like genuine turning points rather than filler arcs. Where TurtleMe excels is in the long game: relationships, sacrifices, and power dynamics accumulate meaning over time. Readers who bounce off traditional fantasy pacing and crave the compulsive momentum of progression fiction — with real emotional weight underneath — will find this series nearly impossible to put down.
Where to Start with TurtleMe
- Best entry point → Apotheosis: The Beginning After the End
- Short listen, big payoff → Convergence
- Underrated but highly rated → Retribution
- What fans keep coming back to → Transcendence
- Best narrator for TurtleMe → Divergence
- Highest rated by listeners → Reckoning (The Beginning after the End #9)
Best TurtleMe Audiobooks
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Reckoning
The Beginning after the End • Book 9
by TurtleMe
Narrated by Travis Baldree
★ 4.67 ABR Score (7.2K ratings)★ 4.68 Goodreads (3.8K) ★ 4.92 Audible (3.4K)More about this pick
Arthur survives the Relictombs only to face something deadlier—Alacryan politics and false accusations. Book nine of this progression fantasy series, with Travis Baldree's signature excellent narration.
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Ascension
The Beginning After the End • Book 8
by TurtleMe
Narrated by Travis Baldree
★ 4.63 ABR Score (8.7K ratings)★ 4.6 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.85 Audible (3.9K)More about this pick
Travis Baldree's narration elevates this eighth installment into something genuinely gripping—his pacing through Arthur's isolation and desperation hits harder than the plot alone could carry.
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Transcendence
The Beginning After the End • Book 6
by TurtleMe
Narrated by Travis Baldree
★ 4.58 ABR Score (10.3K ratings)★ 4.43 Goodreads (6.2K) ★ 4.83 Audible (4.1K)More about this pick
Travis Baldree's performance elevates this series installment into something genuinely gripping—his range captures Arthur's emotional fracture as past and present selves collide under impossible stakes.
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Divergence
The Beginning After the End • Book 7
by TurtleMe
Narrated by Travis Baldree
★ 4.57 ABR Score (9.2K ratings)★ 4.48 Goodreads (5.3K) ★ 4.8 Audible (3.9K)More about this pick
Travis Baldree's narration elevates this sprawling series installment into something genuinely gripping—his command of multiple voices and pacing keeps the high-stakes plotting lean despite 15 hours of runtime.
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Convergence
The Beginning After the End • Book 5
by TurtleMe
Narrated by Travis Baldree
★ 4.55 ABR Score (11.7K ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.79 Audible (4.5K)More about this pick
Travis Baldree's performance elevates this pivotal installment, capturing Arthur's emotional weight as he pivots from personal growth to world-ending stakes. The audiobook makes the series' central tension between found family and cosmic duty genuinely devastating.
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Retribution
The Beginning after the End • Book 10
by TurtleMe
Narrated by Travis Baldree, Elizabeth Evans
★ 4.52 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)★ 4.61 Goodreads (2.7K) ★ 4.78 Audible (2.1K)More about this pick
Arthur Leywin returns to occupied Dicathen with unprecedented power, bringing hope to allies and terror to enemies who once worshiped the asuras as gods.
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The Beginning after the End: Publisher's Pack #1-2
The Beginning After the End • Book 3
by TurtleMe
Narrated by Travis Baldree
★ 4.46 ABR Score (5.9K ratings)★ 4.47 Goodreads (600) ★ 4.76 Audible (5.3K)More about this pick
Travis Baldree's narration transforms a reincarnation story into something genuinely moving—he captures both the weary godlike king and his hungry second self, making the character's search for purpose feel earned rather than convenient.
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Providence
The Beginning after the End • Book 11
by TurtleMe
Narrated by Travis Baldree, Elizabeth Evans
★ 4.38 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.72 Audible (1.3K)More about this pick
Arthur Leywin's quest for the power called Fate becomes more urgent as his enemies gain terrible new abilities in this latest Beginning After the End installment. Travis Baldree and Elizabeth Evans share the complex narrative.
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Beckoning Fates
The Beginning after the End • Book 3
by TurtleMe
Narrated by Travis Baldree
★ 4.24 ABR Score (8.2K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (8.1K) ★ 4.68 Audible (31)More about this pick
Arthur Leywin's boundless potential has made him reckless—no longer a king bound by politics, he's forgotten the caution that kept him alive in his previous life. Academy studies take a backseat when past carelessness catches up with dangerous consequences.
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Amongst the Fallen
The Beginning after the End #8.5 • Book 8
by TurtleMe
Narrated by Travis Baldree
★ 4.23 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (611) ★ 4.73 Audible (771)More about this pick
With Arthur vanished after Dicathen's defeat, familiar faces navigate life under Vritra rule in this interquel exploring the war's devastating aftermath through multiple perspectives.
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Apotheosis: The Beginning After the End
by TurtleMe
Narrated by Travis Baldree, Elizabeth Evans
★ 3.59 ABR Score (3 ratings)★ 5 Goodreads (3)More about this pick
Arthur Leywin's victory shifts world power as mana-stealing waves hit Alacrya and asura lords determine his world's fate. Travis Baldree and Elizabeth Evans handle the epic fantasy scope.