Best Nick Podehl Audiobooks

Nick Podehl is a fan favorite in the fantasy audiobook community, best known for his narration of Patrick Rothfuss's The Kingkiller Chronicle. His youthful, expressive voice and ability to inhabit Kvothe's perspective made The Name of the Wind one of the most beloved fantasy audiobooks ever recorded. Podehl excels at character-driven fantasy, bringing genuine emotion to coming-of-age stories and underdog narratives. His performances feel intimate and personal, as if he's telling you the story rather than reading it.

Where to Start with Nick Podehl

131 audiobooks in collection
4.05 avg ABR rating
Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Literature & Fiction, Sci-Fi, Romance, Biography & Memoir, Self-Help, Business, Mystery, Historical Fiction

Best Nick Podehl Audiobooks

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    The Land: Raiders: A LitRPG Saga

    Chaos Seeds • Book 6

    by Aleron Kong

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.81 ABR Score (22.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.85 Audible (22.1K)
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    The Wise Man's Fear

    The Kingkiller Chronicle • Book 2

    by Patrick Rothfuss

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.79 ABR Score (711.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (626.1K) ★ 4.8 Audible (85.5K)
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    Kvothe continues his legendary tale, traveling to court intrigue and spending time with the immortal Felurian while mastering both magic and seduction. Nick Podehl's performance remains captivating.

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    The Land: Predators: A LitRPG Saga

    Chaos Seeds • Book 7

    by Aleron Kong

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.79 ABR Score (23.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.83 Audible (23.9K)
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    The Name of the Wind

    Kingkiller Chronicle • Book 1

    by Patrick Rothfuss

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.72 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)
    ★ 4.52 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.7 Audible (109.1K)
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    Legendary hero Kvothe tells his own story: orphaned by demons, surviving on streets, then earning his way into magic university. Nick Podehl becomes Kvothe himself.

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    Reign of Madness

    King's Dark Tidings • Book 2

    by Kel Kade

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.65 ABR Score (44.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (19.3K) ★ 4.84 Audible (25.3K)
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    Rezkin's search for his identity intensifies as he navigates a foreign world with skills that mark him as either savior or destroyer.

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    This Book Is Full of Spiders

    John Dies at the End • Book 2

    by David Wong, Jason Pargin

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.56 ABR Score (42.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (34.6K) ★ 4.59 Audible (7.3K)
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    David and John battle an invasion of mind-controlling spiders while their town gets quarantined by the government. Nick Podehl balances cosmic horror with comedy gold, perfectly capturing Wong's blend of existential dread and ridiculous humor.

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    The Land: Forging

    Chaos Seeds • Book 2

    by Aleron Kong

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.55 ABR Score (44.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (16.0K) ★ 4.79 Audible (28.2K)
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    Richter and Sion continue building their settlement while facing new threats and opportunities in the game world. Podehl's enthusiasm matches Kong's irreverent tone as the leveling system gets more complex and the stakes higher.

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    The Land: Alliances 2: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds)

    Chaos Seeds • Book 3

    by Aleron Kong

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.54 ABR Score (39.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (14.3K) ★ 4.79 Audible (24.9K)
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    Richter faces carnies, bugbears, and political scheming while building his settlement in this game-world adventure filled with stats, leveling, and strategic combat. Nick Podehl brings energy to Kong's irreverent take on fantasy gaming.

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    The Land: Catacombs

    Chaos Seeds • Book 4

    by Aleron Kong

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.54 ABR Score (36.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (13.3K) ★ 4.8 Audible (23.0K)
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    Richter's Mist Village experiences explosive growth in Kong's fourth Chaos Seeds adventure filled with LitRPG progression and crude humor. Nick Podehl embraces the series' irreverent gaming tone.

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    The Land: Swarm

    Chaos Seeds • Book 5

    by Aleron Kong

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.54 ABR Score (33.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (12.5K) ★ 4.79 Audible (21.3K)
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    Richter faces massive threats to his Mist Village while the mysterious swarm approaches and enemies gather. Nick Podehl handles the extensive stat explanations and battle sequences with the energy this LitRPG epic demands.

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    Kingdom Blades

    A Pattern of Shadow & Light • Book 4

    by Melissa McPhail

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.51 ABR Score (7.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.59 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (5.8K)
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    The Fourth Vestal casts his Players onto the field as Alorin remains dangerously unbalanced after previous catastrophes. Nick Podehl navigates this epic fantasy's complex mythology across 42 hours.

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    LastRock

    The Immortal Great Souls • Book 3

    by Phil Tucker

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.49 ABR Score (4.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.63 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.87 Audible (1.1K)
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    Victorious Scorio spurns hell's recruiters to venture into the underworld's untold depths — Nick Podehl navigates 26 hours of hellish landscapes brilliantly.

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    Mage of No Renown

    Tales of Terralor • Book 1

    by Kel Kade

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.46 ABR Score (5.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 4.83 Audible (3.4K)
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    Nick Podehl captures young Wesson's terror as destructive magic awakens within him, forcing flight from everyone he's ever known.

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    The Rascor Plains

    The Immortal Great Souls • Book 2

    by Phil Tucker

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.46 ABR Score (5.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.6 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.81 Audible (1.3K)
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    Scorio's victory against the Final Gauntlet crumbles as he faces the treacherous Plains and political intrigue. Nick Podehl handles the massive cast and world-building with impressive skill.

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    Paths of Alir

    A Pattern of Shadow & Light • Book 3

    by Melissa McPhail

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.46 ABR Score (8.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.49 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.76 Audible (6.1K)
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    The magical Adept race faces extinction as Malorin'athgul beings from Chaos disrupt Alorin's cosmic Balance. This massive fantasy epic spans 34+ hours where fate itself bends to chaotic will.

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    The Land: Founding: A LitRPG Saga

    Chaos Seeds • Book 1

    by Aleron Kong

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.45 ABR Score (34.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Audible (34.0K)
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    Dragons and Demons

    King's Dark Tidings • Book 5

    by Kel Kade

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.43 ABR Score (10.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (6.5K) ★ 4.73 Audible (4.4K)
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    Rezkin's empire-building comes with a steep price as ancient forces confront him and shatter his understanding of his own identity. Nick Podehl navigates the complex mythology and character revelations in this pivotal fifth installment.

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    Spiraled

    Callahan & McLane • Book 3

    by Kendra Elliot

    Narrated by Nick Podehl, Amy McFadden

    4.42 ABR Score (25.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (23.1K) ★ 4.52 Audible (2.1K)
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    FBI agent Ava McLane gets trapped weaponless in a mall shooting, then must solve an epidemic of mass shootings across Oregon. Nick Podehl and Amy McFadden handle the dual perspectives with appropriate intensity.

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    Bridged

    Callahan & McLane • Book 2

    by Kendra Elliot

    Narrated by Nick Podehl, Amy McFadden

    4.41 ABR Score (28.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (25.7K) ★ 4.49 Audible (2.4K)
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    Bodies dangling from Portland bridges signal a twisted killer's escalation in this taut FBI thriller where Nick Podehl and Amy McFadden create distinct voices for each investigator's perspective.

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    On the Shoulders of Titans

    Arcane Ascension • Book 2

    by Andrew Rowe

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.40 ABR Score (34.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (16.0K) ★ 4.68 Audible (18.4K)
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    Corin Cadence has leads on his missing brother Tristan, but following them means tangling with the dangerous Whispers organization again. Nick Podehl expertly handles 24+ hours of magic system complexity and character development.

All Nick Podehl Audiobooks (131)

Fantasy (61)

  13h 10m
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
4.55 42h 55m
  46h 56m
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
4.52 27h 55m
Reign of Madness by Kel Kade
4.45 19h 21m
The Land: Forging by Aleron Kong
4.32 11h 42m
The Land: Catacombs by Aleron Kong
4.31 12h 13m
The Land: Swarm by Aleron Kong
4.33 16h 14m
Kingdom Blades by Melissa McPhail
4.59 42h 12m
LastRock by Phil Tucker
4.63 26h 2m
4.46 10h 30m
The Rascor Plains by Phil Tucker
4.60 24h 10m
Paths of Alir by Melissa McPhail
4.49 34h 44m
  9h 49m
4.43 17h 3m
4.22 24h 46m
4.23 16h 34m
4.39 14h 30m
Legends of Ahn by Kel Kade
4.20 16h 15m
Bastion by Phil Tucker
4.39 38h 23m
4.25 20h 43m
4.35 13h 18m
The Lost Cube by Phil Tucker
4.69 27h 49m
4.10 21h 58m
4.43 14h 36m
Ascendant's Rite by David Hair
4.31 29h 31m
The Dagger of Adendigaeth by Melissa McPhail
4.38
Stealing Sorcery by Andrew Rowe
4.11 16h 48m
Spy, Spy Again by Mercedes Lackey
4.37 10h 35m
4.33 19h 25m
A Hero's Choice: An Isekai LitRPG by Tommy Kerper AKA SourpatchHero, SourpatchHero
4.38 15h 42m
4.27 16h 53m
Eye Spy by Mercedes Lackey
4.18 9h 51m
Changes by Mercedes Lackey
4.03 10h 48m
A Warrior's Path by Davis Ashura
4.06 17h 11m
4.38 17h 34m
4.37 15h 18m
4.03 4h 15m
4.17 15h 14m
Forging Divinity by Andrew Rowe
3.92 12h 10m
A Necessary Heresy by Davis Ashura
4.13 21h 49m
Cephrael's Hand by Melissa McPhail
4.16 32h 6m
Frost Like Night by Sara Raasch
3.93 12h 23m
Dungeons of the Gods - Book 5 of Main Character hides his Strength by Road Warrior, Minsoo Kang, Oppa Translations
4.06 16h 55m
A Power Renewed by Robert W. Ross
3.98
Blood Moon by Nazri Noor
4.13 6h 52m
Awakened by C.M. Carney
4.04 10h 22m
3.96 18h 42m
Unfettered II: New Tales by Shawn Speakman, Naomi Novik, Brandon Sanderson, Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Michael J. Sullivan, Janny Wurts, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Mark Lawrence, Seanan McGuire, Peter Orullian, Aidan Moher, Erin Lindsey, John A. Pitts, Anthony Ryan, Scott Sigler, Django Wexler, Rachel Caine, Sarah Beth Durst, David Farland, Terry Brooks
3.92 20h 17m
Master of Puppets by Eric Ugland
3.83 12h 9m
Unbound by Shawn Speakman, Terry Brooks, Seanan McGuire, Mark Lawrence, Anthony Ryan, Tim Marquitz, Brian Staveley, Michael J. Sullivan, John Marco, Peter Orullian, Kat Richardson, Sam Sykes, Kristen Britain, Mazarkis Williams, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Harry Connolly, Delilah S. Dawson, David Anthony Durham, Jason M. Hough, Mary Robinette Kowal, Joe Abercrombie
3.96 20h 55m
The Boy Detective of Oz: An Otherland Story (Oz Reimagined) by Tad Williams, Douglas Cohen, John Joseph Adams
3.68 10h 30m
The Land: Monsters by Aleron Kong
3.70 16h 35m
5.00 17h 53m

Thriller (21)

Spiraled by Kendra Elliot
4.30 8h 53m
Bridged by Kendra Elliot
4.30 9h 20m
Justice Redeemed by Scott Pratt
4.39 8h 20m
The Neon Lawyer by Victor Methos
4.21 4h 26m
Vanished by Kendra Elliot
4.21 9h 50m
Southern Lights by Danielle Steel
4.07 9h 13m
Super Con by James Swain
4.40 9h 19m
The Love Killings by Robert Ellis
4.32 9h 26m
Bad Action by James Swain
4.25 10h 2m
Take Down by James Swain
4.08 11h 13m
Chase by Dean Koontz
3.91 4h 17m
Yesterday's Echo by Matt Coyle
3.97 9h 45m
This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
3.67 7h 19m
The Fort by Aric Davis
3.74 6h 35m
The Florentine Deception by Carey Nachenberg
3.78 10h 29m
City of Echoes by Robert Ellis
3.91 9h 22m
Bull Street by David Lender
3.72 8h 34m
Hardly Even Rich by Dennis Canfield
4.08
This Is How You Fall by Keith Dixon
3.23 8h 27m
Descending Son by Scott Shepherd
3.34 11h 49m
First Thrills by Lee Child, Bill Cameron, Marc Paoletti, Kelli Stanley, CJ Lyons, Rebecca Cantrell, J.T. Ellison, Karen Dionne, Grant McKenzie, Rip Gerber, Cynthia Robinson, Daniel Palmer, Unknown Author
3.58 12h 3m

Sci-Fi (16)

Stars Awoken by Tao Wong
4.31 9h 14m
4.21 8h 36m
Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
4.22 14h 22m
Lord of All Things by Andreas Eschbach, Samuel Willcocks
4.18 21h 37m
4.37 30h 48m
4.50 37h 45m
4.35 27h 15m
Blightborn by Chuck Wendig
3.96 12h 46m
The Dystopia Chronicles by Matthew Mather
3.86 11h 19m
The God Peak by Patrick Hemstreet
3.89 11h 17m
The Dinosaur Four by Geoff Jones
3.71 8h 7m
The God Wave by Patrick Hemstreet
3.62 11h 14m
Lithium-6 by Risto Isomäki, Owen F. Witesman
3.15 9h 16m
Seven Wonders (Angry Robot) by Adam Christopher, Will Staehle
3.29 14h 33m
The Atopia Chronicles by Matthew Mather
3.56 14h 8m

Literature & Fiction (12)

Say Goodbye for Now by Catherine Ryan Hyde
4.37 9h 41m
Worthy by Catherine Ryan Hyde
4.20 8h 42m
The Wake Up by Catherine Ryan Hyde
4.29 9h 2m
What Remains True by Janis Thomas
4.01 9h 48m
3.99 8h 51m
The End of Feeling by Cindy C. Bennett
3.92 8h 32m
Swim the Fly by Don Calame
3.89 7h 30m
The Girl and the Bomb by Jari Järvelä, Kristian London
3.55 7h 8m
Dealing, or The Berkeley-To-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues by Michael Douglas, Michael Crichton, Douglas Crichton
3.21 5h 50m
Brief Space Between Color and Shade by Cristovão Tezza, Alan R. Clarke
3.05 9h 41m
This Is the Night by Jonah C. Sirott
2.61 11h 2m
3.29 8h 27m

Romance (8)

The Year We Hid Away by Sarina Bowen
4.06 7h 27m
The Fifteenth Minute by Sarina Bowen
4.00 9h 7m
The Year We Fell Down by Sarina Bowen
3.93 7h 9m
The Consequence of Seduction by Rachel Van Dyken
4.21 9h 23m
The Consequence of Revenge by Rachel Van Dyken
4.18 9h 6m
Black Hills / Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts, Nick Podehl, Rebecca Lowman
4.36 16h 51m
Behind the Lies by Robin Perini
4.30 9h 45m
A Matter of Choice by Nora Roberts
3.91 6h 38m

Horror (4)

This Book Is Full of Spiders by David Wong, Jason Pargin
4.26 14h 49m
4.36 22h 30m
Brainchild by John Saul
3.86 11h 11m
Positive by David Wellington
3.66 15h 13m

Mystery (4)

A Case of Need by Michael Crichton, Jeffery Hudson
3.75 9h 27m
One of Us by Tawni O'Dell
3.57 9h 48m
Tunnel Vision by Aric Davis
3.37 8h 21m
The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister
3.67 10h 18m

Biography & Memoir (2)

3.14 8h 50m

Historical Fiction (1)

3.38 7h 47m