Longest Fantasy Audiobook Series

The longest fantasy audiobook series ranked by total hours — epic sagas and sprawling worlds for committed fantasy listeners.

Fantasy is the genre of long series — and audiobook listeners know it. These are the longest fantasy audiobook series ranked by total listening time, from sprawling epic sagas to multi-generation stories that take hundreds of hours to complete.

If you're the kind of listener who wants to spend months inside a single world with the same characters, this list is your roadmap. Every series here has at least 3 books in our catalog, and the runtimes add up fast.

1

The Wheel of Time

by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

462h 39m total 15 books ★ 4.53 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
2

The Wandering Inn

by Pirateaba

423h 49m total 11 books ★ 4.44 avg

Books in series:

#5 The Last Light, #6 The General of Izril, #7 Rains of Liscor, #9 Tears of Liscor, #10 The Wind Runner, #11 The Titan of Baleros, #12 The Witch of Webs, #13 The Empress of Beasts, #14 Hell's Wardens, #15 Garden of Sanctuary, #18 Archmage's Ire
3

Painting the Mists

by Patrick G. Laplante

404h 39m total 12 books ★ 3.94 avg

Books in series:

#1 Painting the Mists: Volume 1: Painting the Mists, Books 1-3, #4 Painting the Mists: Volume 2: Painting the Mists, Books 4-6, #7 Painting the Mists: Volume 3: Painting the Mists, Books 7-9, #10 Painting the Mists: Volume 4: Painting the Mists, Books 10-12, #12 Claddings of Light, #13 Echoes of Divinity, #13 Painting the Mists: Volume 5: Painting the Mists, Books 13-15, #14 Pendulum of Fate - Part 1, #15 Pendulum of Fate - Part 2, #16 Heartforge, #17 Bloodstorm: Painting the Mists, #18 Planesfall: Painting the Mists
4

Discworld

by Terry Pratchett

397h 48m total 38 books ★ 4.35 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Colour of Magic, #2 The Light Fantastic, #3 Equal Rites, #4 Mort, #6 Wyrd Sisters, #7 Pyramids, #8 Guards! Guards!, #9 Eric, #10 Moving Pictures, #11 Reaper Man, #12 Witches Abroad, #13 Small Gods +26 more
5

Defiance of the Fall

by TheFirstDefier, J.F. Brink

304h 1m total 13 books ★ 4.45 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
6

Unbound

by Nicoli Gonnella

289h 8m total 12 books ★ 4.40 avg

Books in series:

#1 Dissonance, #2 Silence, #2 Unbound II: Tales, #3 Hunger, #4 Fury, #5 Threshold, #6 Expanse, #7 Abyss, #8 Vault, #9 Crown, #10 Empire, #11 Chains: A LitRPG Adventure: Unbound
7

The Primal Hunter

by Zogarth

218h 14m total 11 books ★ 4.63 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
8

A Song of Ice and Fire

by George R.R. Martin

201h 18m total 5 books ★ 4.68 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
9

The Dresden Files

by Jim Butcher

191h 49m total 14 books ★ 4.60 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
10

Mark of the Fool

by J.M. Clarke

187h 55m total 9 books ★ 4.54 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
11

He Who Fights with Monsters

by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell

177h 22m total 8 books ★ 4.65 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 Stormlight Archive

by Brandon Sanderson

166h 8m total 3 books ★ 4.75 avg

Books in series:

#2 Words of Radiance, #3 Oathbringer, #5 Wind and Truth
13

Divine Apostasy

by A.F. Kay

164h 13m total 9 books ★ 4.31 avg

Books in series:

#1 Divine Apostasy Boxed Set Volume 1 (Books 1-3), #4 The Fourth Secret, #5 Legion's Fifth Vault, #6 The Sixth Rune, #8 The Eighth Harmony, #9 Tarot's Ninth Harbinger, #10 The Tenth Muse, #11 Zealot's Eleventh Crusade, #12 The Twelfth Conclave
14

Aether's Revival

by Daniel Schinhofen

163h 22m total 11 books ★ 4.33 avg

Books in series:

#1 Aether's Blessing, #2 Aether's Guard, #3 Magi's Path, #4 Aether's Apprentices, #5 Mages of Buldoun, #6 Magi Guard, #7 Moral Stand, #8 Proven Strength, #9 Empire's Orders, #10 Buldoun's Blunder, #11 Princely Mistakes
15

The Completionist Chronicles

by Dakota Krout

150h 56m total 12 books ★ 4.38 avg

Books in series:

#1 Ritualist, #2 Regicide, #3 Rexus: Side Quest, #5 Ruthless, #6 Inflame, #7 Invent, #8 Implode, #9 Tenacity, #10 Thesaurize, #11 Thunderplump, #12 Untapped, #13 Unmapped: An Epic Fantasy LitRPG Adventure
16

Cradle

by Will Wight

143h total 13 books ★ 4.61 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
17

The Cycle of Galand

by Edward W. Robertson

140h 14m total 7 books ★ 4.33 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Red Sea, #2 The Silver Thief, #3 The Wound of the World, #4 The Light of Life, #5 The Spear of Stars, #8 The 13th God, #9 The Shattered Path
18

The Kingfall Histories

by David Estes

137h 49m total 4 books ★ 4.29 avg

Books in series:

#1 Kingfall, #2 Dragonfall, #3 Magefall, #5 Endfall
19

Chaos Seeds

by Aleron Kong

137h 42m total 8 books ★ 4.49 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

Azarinth Healer

by Rhaegar

137h 5m total 6 books ★ 4.46 avg

Books in series:

#1 Azarinth Healer: Book One, #2 Azarinth Healer: Book Two, #3 Azarinth Healer: Book Three, #4 Azarinth Healer: Book Four, #5 Azarinth Healer: Book Five, #6 Azarinth Healer: Book Six
21

The Runelords

by David Farland

127h 54m total 8 books ★ 4.02 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Runelords (Sum of All Men and Brotherhood of the Wolf) (1,2), #1 The Sum of All Men, #3 Wizardborn, #4 The Lair of Bones, #5 Sons of the Oak, #6 Worldbinder, #7 The Wyrmling Horde, #8 Chaosbound
22

The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

by Stephen R. Donaldson

126h 27m total 4 books ★ 3.83 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Runes of the Earth, #2 Fatal Revenant, #3 Against All Things Ending, #4 The Last Dark
23

Throne of Glass

by Sarah J. Maas

119h 47m total 5 books ★ 4.78 avg

Books in series:

#3 Heir of Fire, #4 Queen of Shadows, #5 Empire of Storms, #6 Tower of Dawn, #7 Kingdom of Ash
24

Shadowmarch

by Tad Williams

119h 30m total 4 books ★ 3.77 avg

Books in series:

#1 Shadowmarch, #2 Shadowplay, #3 Shadowrise, #4 Shadowheart
25

The Immortal Great Souls

by Phil Tucker

116h 24m total 4 books ★ 4.41 avg

Books in series:

#1 Bastion, #2 The Rascor Plains, #3 LastRock, #4 The Lost Cube
26

Tales of the Amulet

by Dan Zangari, Robert Zangari

115h 49m total 4 books ★ 3.79 avg

Books in series:

#1 A Prince's Errand, #1 A Thief's Way: Companion Story to A Prince's Errand (Tales of the Amulet), #2 The Dark Necromancer (Tales of the Amulet Book 2), The Prisoner of Tardalim
27

The Hedge Wizard

by Alex Maher

115h 23m total 5 books ★ 4.24 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Hedge Wizard, #2 The Hedge Wizard 2, #3 The Hedge Wizard 3: A LitRPG/GameLit Adventure, #4 The Hedge Wizard 4, #5 The Hedge Wizard 5
28

The Aldoran Chronicles

by Michael Wisehart

113h 44m total 4 books ★ 4.20 avg

Books in series:

#1 The White Tower, #3 The Four-Part Key, #4 The Tunnels Beneath, #5 Blood of the Mountains (The Aldoran Chronicles: Book 5): An Epic Fantasy Adventure
29

The Ronin Saga

by Matthew Wolf

113h 40m total 6 books ★ 3.92 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Knife's Edge, #2 Citadel of Fire, #3 Bastion of Sun, #4 Tides of Fate, #5 Heart of Flesh, Visions of a Hidden (The Ronin Saga)
30

The Dark Tower

by King

111h 33m total 6 books ★ 4.30 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Gunslinger, #1 The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger, #2 The Drawing of the Three, #4 Wizard and Glass: Dark Tower IV, #5 Wolves of the Calla, #6 Song of Susannah

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