Audiobook Reviews
Honest verdicts on 65 audiobook series. Ratings that use the whole scale, low end included.
Challenge the Heavens
Stars are mortal math; tiers are realms. Amazon rates this entire genre between 4.4 and 4.8 stars. Every series below faced its tribulation; these are the realms they reached. How the tiers work →
- Mythic The tier above S, built because one series broke the scale. Population: one.
- S-binge The best-ofs. Everything here does at least one thing better than anyone else in the genre.
- A-buy Excellent series missing the one transcendent ingredient. The easy recommendations.
- B-try Good listens with real flaws attached. Worth it when the flavor matches your taste.
- C-maybe Where series land when I stop listening. Real audiences, just not me.
- D Not worth the credit. The reviews explain the warnings.
- E One step above regret. It exists so F still means something.
- F I want the hours back. Reserved for books that made me angry.
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By sub-genre
By narrator
- Adam Stubbs
- Adam Verner
- Andrea Parsneau
- Andrew Tell
- BJ Harrison
- Chris Guerrero
- Christian J. Gilliland
- Curtis Michael Holland
- Daniel Thomas May
- Daniel Wisniewski
- Eddy Lee
- Eric Michael Summerer
- Full cast (GraphicAudio)
- Heath Miller
- J. S. Arquin
- Jeff Hays
- Jeremy Frazier
- Johnathan McClain
- Justin Thomas James
- Ki Hong Lee
- Kyle McCarley
- Luke Daniels
- Marc Vietor
- Mare Trevathan
- Matt Hicks, Allie Piper
- Michael Kramer
- Neil Hellegers
- Nick Podehl
- Pavi Proczko
- Peter Kenny
- Phil Thron
- Roy Dotrice
- Ryan Burke
- Savy Des-Etages
- Tess Irondale
- Tim Campbell
- Tom Taylorson
- Travis Baldree
By author
- A. F. Kay
- Alex Villavasso
- Alexey Osadchuk
- Alvin Atwater
- Blaise Corvin
- C. Mantis
- Casualfarmer
- Chugong
- Daisuke Aizawa
- Dan Sugralinov
- Drew Hayes
- Edward Castle
- Eric Dontigney
- Eric Ugland
- George R.R. Martin
- Haylock Jobson
- Honour Rae
- Hugo Huesca
- Icalos
- Ivan Kal
- J.M. Clarke
- J.R. Mathews
- J.T. Wright
- JF Brink (TheFirstDefier)
- James A. Hunter
- James Islington
- James Osiris Baldwin
- Kaz Hunter
- Kel Kade
- KrazeKode
- Kugane Maruyama
- Luke Chmilenko
- Marc Mulero
- Matt Dinniman
- Michael Chatfield
- Michael Sisa
- Miku
- Neven Iliev
- Nicholas Searcy
- Nicoli Gonnella
- Phil Tucker
- Pierce Brown
- Rhaegar
- Sean Oswald
- Seth Ring
- Shawn Wilson
- Shirtaloon (Travis Deverell)
- SunriseCV
- Tom Elliot
- ToraAKR
- TurtleMe
- Unvex
- V.A. Lewis
- Valerios
- Void Herald (Maxime J. Durand)
- Waldo Rodriguez
- Will Wight
- X-RHODEN-X
- XKarnation
- Zogarth
B-mid
Apocalypse Cultivation: A Great Book One and a Book Two That Wanders Off
C-peak
Legend of the Arch Magus: Two Phrases Ended It
E
Voidborne: An Acclaimed Narrator and a Flat Recording
S-mid
Divine Apostasy: The Series Its Own Book One Hides
C-peak
Red Rising: An S-Tier Book One, a C-Tier Series
A-mid
Welcome to the Multiverse: The Buffet Problem
S-high
Everybody Loves Large Chests: Rooting for the Monster
A-high
The Grand Game (Through Book 5): The Rogue Done Right
A-peak
The Stars Have Eyes: A Rom-Com With an Eldritch Horror
C-mid
Archemi Online: When a Whole Book Feels Like Half of One
A-peak
Battle Mage Farmer: A War-Weary Mage at the End of the World
S-mid
The Beginning After the End: Twelve Books, Zero Filler
D
Broken Tech: A Strong Book 1 the Series Never Continued
A-high
Dawn of the Void: The System Apocalypse That Actually Ends
D
The Eminence in Shadow: Watch the Anime Instead
B-low
Gods of the Game: Phil Tucker's Best Alternative to Warformed
C-peak
Heretical Fishing: When the Pokémon Outpace the Story
D
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World: The Missing Scenes Weren't Worth Having
C-peak
System Universe: Start Here, Stop at the Trials
C-peak
Ultimate Level One: A First-Timer's Dungeon Dive Worth Rooting For
A-high
Vigil Bound: Four Excellent Books and Three Years of Silence
S-mid
Beware of Chicken: What If the Hero Just Said No?
B-high
Death: Genesis: The Reliable Bruiser That Hits the Same Notes Twelve Times
S-low
Immortal Great Souls: The Best Progression Fantasy Series You'll Almost Quit in Book 2
S-high
The Licanius Trilogy: The Best Handling of Time Manipulation in Any Medium
A-mid
Mark of the Fool: Strong Writing on a Long Walk
C-low
Road to Mastery: Thirty Hours in DotF's Shadow
F
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Gimmick That Worked, a Corner He Wrote Himself Into, and Counting
D
Amelia the Level Zero Hero: A Genuinely Interesting Premise, Poorly Executed
S-peak
Cradle: What Twelve Books Without Filler Looks Like
S-low
King's Dark Tidings: The Mary Sue Done Right, With the Best Dialogue in the Genre
A-low
Overlord: The One Where You Root for the Villain, and Then He Massacres a City
C-high
Rise of the Cheat Potion Maker: Strong Early Books, Then a Nosedive After the Wedding
D
Salvos: A Cool Demon Protagonist Buried Under a Half-Book of Meaningless Grinding
S-mid
Solo Leveling: The Power Fantasy That Never Flinches
F
System Reborn: What Solo Leveling Looks Like Without Any of the Good Parts
C-mid
The Ten Realms: The Best Military Portal Fantasy Ever Written, Ruined at the Finish Line
D
The Unintended Cultivator: A Promising Opening, Then an Entire Book of Training
S-low
Azarinth Healer: The Combat Is the Story
C-peak
Disgardium: A Sharp Premise That Jumps the Shark
E
Unbound Deathlord: The Corner the Author Couldn't Escape
B-low
Reclaimer: Exceptional Writing, Punishing Patience Required
F
Super Powereds: Brilliantly Crafted Disappointment
S-peak
The Perfect Run: The Closest Thing to a Perfect Trilogy
B-mid
Unbound: A Series That Nearly Earns Its Tier, Until It Doesn't
Mythic
Dungeon Crawler Carl: The Series That Gets Its Own Tier
S-low
Iron Prince (Warformed: Stormweaver): The Best Sci-Fi Setting in LitRPG, and Two Things I Can't Shake
S-high
Defiance of the Fall: The Crunchiest Series in LitRPG, and the One That Makes the Multiverse Believable
S-low
All the Skills: S-Low (Through Book 5), And the Cleanest Entry Point to Deck-Builder LitRPG
S-mid
Infinite Realm: S-Mid, And the Genre's Smartest Dual-MC Structure
S-high
The Primal Hunter: S-High Through Book 15, And the Honest Book-One Hurdle
D
Reborn as the Fated Villain: D-Tier, and the Premise Outruns the Mechanics
A-low
Dawn of the Density God: The Cultivation Series That Keeps Getting Better
C-mid
Dungeon Lord (The Wraith's Haunt): Why I Bailed at 50%, With the Fans' Case in Full
S-peak
He Who Fights with Monsters: My Favorite Series, And One Real Audiobook Warning
C-low
Legend of the Dark Heart: A Good Production Around a Story That Doesn't Land
A-high
The Path of Ascension (Through Book 8): A-High Cultivation Done Right, But Push Through Book 2
B-low
Portal to Nova Roma: My Most Divided Verdict to Date
C-high
Reincarnation of the Death God: The Closest Call I've Made Recently
C-low
Starbreaker: A Prophecy Hook That Never Pays Off
B-mid
Terminate the Other World!: The Closest Thing to a Space Marine in Fantasy
D
The Good Guys, The Bad Guys, The Grim Guys: Eric Ugland's Shared Worlded
S-low
Last Life: S-Low Progression Fantasy, and the Closest the Genre Has Come to Game of Thrones
S-high
The Stubborn Skill-Grinder: 2025's Best New LitRPG Series
F