Best Fantasy Audiobook Series

The best fantasy audiobook series ranked by average listener rating — consistent quality across every book, from tight trilogies to sprawling epics.

Not all fantasy series are created equal. This list ranks the best fantasy audiobook series by average listener rating across all books in the series — rewarding consistency over length. A series that maintains quality across every installment ranks higher than one with a brilliant opener and diminishing returns.

Every series here has at least 3 books in our catalog. The ranking surfaces the series that fantasy audiobook listeners rate most highly from start to finish, whether that's a tight trilogy or an ongoing epic.

1

Dungeon Crawler Carl

by Matt Dinniman

96h 44m total 5 books ★ 4.83 avg

Books in series:

#2 Carl's Doomsday Scenario, #3 The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook, #4 The Gate of the Feral Gods, #5 The Butcher's Masquerade, #6 The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
2

The Stormlight Archive

by Brandon Sanderson

223h 34m total 4 books ★ 4.82 avg

Books in series:

#2 Words of Radiance, #3 Oathbringer, #4 Rhythm of War, #5 Wind and Truth
3

The Mistborn Saga

by Brandon Sanderson

99h 46m total 4 books ★ 4.82 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Final Empire, #2 The Well of Ascension, #3 The Hero of Ages, #7 The Lost Metal
4

Throne of Glass

by Sarah J. Maas

145h 33m total 7 books ★ 4.79 avg

Books in series:

#1 Throne of Glass, #2 Crown of Midnight, #3 Heir of Fire, #4 Queen of Shadows, #5 Empire of Storms, #6 Tower of Dawn, #7 Kingdom of Ash
5

A Song of Ice and Fire

by George R.R. Martin

201h 18m total 5 books ★ 4.77 avg

Books in series:

#1 A Game of Thrones, #2 A Clash of Kings, #3 A Storm of Swords, #4 A Feast for Crows, #5 A Dance with Dragons
6

The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

69h 44m total 4 books ★ 4.77 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Fellowship of the Ring, #3 The Return of the King, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion
7

The Cosmere

by Brandon Sanderson

92h 57m total 3 books ★ 4.77 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Way of Kings, #5 Warbreaker, Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
8

The Empyrean

by Rebecca Yarros

74h 10m total 3 books ★ 4.76 avg

Books in series:

#1 Fourth Wing, #2 Iron Flame, #3 Onyx Storm
9

Crescent City

by Sarah J. Maas

85h 14m total 3 books ★ 4.75 avg

Books in series:

#1 House of Earth and Blood, #2 House of Sky and Breath, #3 House of Flame and Shadow
10

The Age of Madness

by Joe Abercrombie

65h 54m total 3 books ★ 4.71 avg

Books in series:

#1 A Little Hatred, #2 The Trouble with Peace, #3 The Wisdom of Crowds
11

He Who Fights with Monsters

by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell

177h 22m total 8 books ★ 4.71 avg

Books in series:

#4 He Who Fights with Monsters 4, #5 He Who Fights with Monsters 5, #5 He Who Fights with Monsters 5: A LitRPG Adventure, #6 He Who Fights with Monsters 6, #7 He Who Fights With Monsters 7, #8 He Who Fights With Monsters 8, #9 He Who Fights with Monsters 9, #10 He Who Fights with Monsters 10
12

The Dresden Files

by Jim Butcher

191h 49m total 14 books ★ 4.69 avg

Books in series:

#1 Storm Front, #2 Fool Moon, #3 Grave Peril, #4 Summer Knight, #5 Death Masks, #6 Blood Rites, #7 Dead Beat, #8 Proven Guilty, #9 [White Night] [By: Butcher, Jim] [May, 2011], #10 Small Favor, #11 Turn Coat, #13 Ghost Story +2 more
13

The Primal Hunter

by Zogarth

218h 14m total 11 books ★ 4.68 avg

Books in series:

#2 The Primal Hunter 2, #3 The Primal Hunter 3, #4 The Primal Hunter 4, #5 The Primal Hunter 5, #6 The Primal Hunter 6, #7 The Primal Hunter 7: A LitRPG Adventure, #8 The Primal Hunter 8, #9 The Primal Hunter 9: A LitRPG Adventure, #10 The Primal Hunter 10, #11 The Primal Hunter 11, #12 The Primal Hunter 12
14

Mistborn, Era 2: Wax & Wayne

by Brandon Sanderson

38h 6m total 3 books ★ 4.68 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Alloy of Law, #2 Shadows of Self, #3 The Bands of Mourning
15

Cradle

by Will Wight

143h total 13 books ★ 4.67 avg

Books in series:

#1 Unsouled, #2 Soulsmith, #3 Blackflame, #4 Skysworn, #5 Ghostwater, #6 Underlord, #7 Uncrowned, #8 Wintersteel, #9 Bloodline, #10 Reaper, #11 Dreadgod, #12 Waybound +1 more
16

Lightbringer

by Brent Weeks

74h 17m total 3 books ★ 4.66 avg

Books in series:

#2 The Blinding Knife, #3 The Broken Eye, #4 The Blood Mirror
17

The Wheel of Time

by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

462h 39m total 15 books ★ 4.64 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Eye of the World, #2 The Great Hunt, #3 The Dragon Reborn, #4 The Shadow Rising, #5 The Fires of Heaven, #6 Lord of Chaos, #7 A Crown of Swords, #8 The Path of Daggers, #9 Winter's Heart, #10 Crossroads of Twilight, #11 Knife of Dreams, #12 The Gathering Storm +3 more
18

Middle-earth

by J.R.R. Tolkien

24h 48m total 3 books ★ 4.63 avg

Books in series:

#2 The Fellowship of the Ring, #3 The Two Towers, #4 The Return of the King
19

Chaos Seeds

by Aleron Kong

137h 42m total 8 books ★ 4.62 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Land: Founding: A LitRPG Saga, #2 The Land: Forging, #3 The Land: Alliances 2: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds), #4 The Land: Catacombs, #5 The Land: Swarm, #6 The Land: Raiders: A LitRPG Saga, #7 The Land: Predators: A LitRPG Saga, #8 The Land: Monsters
20

Beware of Chicken

by CasualFarmer

78h 44m total 5 books ★ 4.60 avg

Books in series:

#1 Beware of Chicken: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel, #2 Beware of Chicken 2: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel, #3 Beware of Chicken 3: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel, #4 Beware of Chicken 4: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel, #5 Beware of Chicken 5: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel: Beware of Chicken
21

The Inheritance Cycle

by Christopher Paolini

69h 26m total 3 books ★ 4.60 avg

Books in series:

#1 Eragon, #2 Eldest, #3 Brisingr
22

Mark of the Fool

by J.M. Clarke

187h 55m total 9 books ★ 4.59 avg

Books in series:

#2 Mark of the Fool 2, #3 Mark of the Fool 3, #4 Mark of the Fool 4, #5 Mark of the Fool 5, #6 Mark of the Fool 6, #7 Mark of the Fool 7, #8 Mark of the Fool 8, #9 Mark of the Fool 9, #10 Mark of the Fool 10
23

First Law World

by Joe Abercrombie

81h 15m total 4 books ★ 4.57 avg

Books in series:

#4 Best Served Cold, #5 The Heroes, #6 Red Country, #7 Sharp Ends
24

The Rise and Fall

by Michael J. Sullivan

57h 7m total 3 books ★ 4.56 avg

Books in series:

#1 Nolyn, #2 Farilane, #3 Esrahaddon
25

The Beginning After the End

by TurtleMe

77h 14m total 5 books ★ 4.56 avg

Books in series:

#3 The Beginning after the End: Publisher's Pack #1-2, #5 Convergence, #6 Transcendence, #7 Divergence, #8 Ascension
26

All Souls

by Deborah Harkness

72h 17m total 3 books ★ 4.56 avg

Books in series:

#1 A Discovery of Witches, #2 Shadow of Night, #3 The Book of Life
27

The Licanius Trilogy

by James Islington

82h 35m total 3 books ★ 4.56 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Shadow of What Was Lost, #2 An Echo of Things to Come, #3 The Light of All That Falls
28

The Ripple System

by Kyle Kirrin

61h 48m total 3 books ★ 4.55 avg

Books in series:

#1 Shadeslinger, #2 Black Sand Baron, #4 Shattersoul
29

A Court of Thorns and Roses

by Sarah J. Maas

132h 8m total 9 books ★ 4.54 avg

Books in series:

#1 A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1 A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation), #1 A Court of Thorns and Roses (10th Anniversary Recording), #2 A Court of Mist and Fury, #3 A Court of Wings and Ruin, #4 A Court of Frost and Starlight, #5 A Court of Silver Flames, #6 A Court of Thorns and Roses 6, #7 Untitled
30

Defiance of the Fall

by TheFirstDefier, J.F. Brink

304h 1m total 13 books ★ 4.54 avg

Books in series:

#1 Defiance of the Fall, #3 Defiance of the Fall 3, #4 Defiance of the Fall 4: A LitRPG Adventure, #5 Defiance of the Fall 5, #6 Defiance of the Fall 6, #7 Defiance of the Fall 7, #8 Defiance of the Fall 8, #9 Defiance of the Fall 9, #11 Defiance of the Fall 11, #12 Defiance of the Fall 12, #14 Defiance of the Fall 14, #15 Defiance of the Fall 15 +1 more

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