Best TurtleMe Audiobooks

The best TurtleMe audiobooks — 6 titles ranked by listening experience across Fantasy, averaging 4.18 ABR stars.

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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.

TurtleMe's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is Reckoning, narrated by Travis Baldree (4.64 ABR stars). Performed by Travis Baldree, Travis Baldree, Elizabeth Evans. Rankings here weight the listening experience — narrator performance and Audible ratings factor alongside reader scores.

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    Reckoning

    The Beginning after the End • Book 9

    by TurtleMe

    Narrated by Travis Baldree

    ★ 4.64 ABR Score (7.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.68 Goodreads (3.8K) ★ 4.92 Audible (3.4K)
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    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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    Retribution

    The Beginning after the End • Book 10

    by TurtleMe

    Narrated by Travis Baldree, Elizabeth Evans

    ★ 4.45 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.61 Goodreads (2.7K) ★ 4.78 Audible (2.1K)
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    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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    Providence

    The Beginning after the End • Book 11

    by TurtleMe

    Narrated by Travis Baldree, Elizabeth Evans

    ★ 4.28 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.72 Audible (1.3K)
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    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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    Amongst the Fallen

    The Beginning after the End #8.5 • Book 8

    by TurtleMe

    Narrated by Travis Baldree

    ★ 4.11 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (611) ★ 4.73 Audible (771)
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    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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    Beckoning Fates

    The Beginning after the End • Book 3

    by TurtleMe

    Narrated by Travis Baldree

    ★ 4.10 ABR Score (8.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (8.1K) ★ 4.68 Audible (31)
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    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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    Apotheosis: The Beginning After the End

    by TurtleMe

    Narrated by Travis Baldree, Elizabeth Evans

    ★ 3.51 ABR Score (3 ratings)
    ★ 5 Goodreads (3)
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    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.

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How We Rank Audiobooks

Rankings are driven by listener ratings and review counts from Audible and Goodreads. Books with high ratings across a large number of listeners rank higher — a 4.5 with 50,000 ratings says more than a 4.8 with 200.

Unlike most book lists, we weight audiobook-specific factors: narrator performance, production quality, and how well a story translates to audio. A great book with a poor narration isn't a great audiobook.

We don't accept paid placements or prioritize new releases. These rankings reflect what listeners actually enjoy, not what's being promoted.

Rankings update periodically as new ratings come in and new titles are added to the collection.

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