Series Guide
Everybody Loves Large Chests
Every volume of Neven Iliev's Everybody Loves Large Chests, in order, with the audio-versus-Kindle release gap explained and the content warning this series genuinely requires.
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Volume 1, Morningwood, but only after reading the full review and its content warning; this is the one series on the site where that isn't boilerplate. What waits on the other side: the genre's most alien protagonist, its blackest comedy, and craft I could not find a flaw in.
Verdict on the series
S-high — Worth Starting, warning first.
S-high, held out of peak purely on audience fit: on craft there are no bad books, no filler, no contrived plot points, and a supporting cast as strong as Boxxy himself. The review makes the whole case, including why a monster with no morality reads as more original than a hundred antiheroes.
What it does best. The alien POV, held ironclad across the whole run, and the horror-comedy contrast only Dungeon Crawler Carl matches for laughs. Boxxy's double life keeps real stakes alive deep into the series, because discovery means everything in the region hunts him.
Where it sags. It doesn't, on craft. The extreme content is the entire caveat, and it's a big one.
Books in order
| # | Title | Published | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morningwood | October 27, 2017* | 8 hrs 23 mins |
| 2 | Fizzlesprocket | March 15, 2018 | 10 hrs 22 mins |
| 3 | Vortena | October 21, 2018* | 14 hrs 11 mins |
| 4 | Morgana | October 26, 2019 | 17 hrs 43 mins |
| 5 | Teresa | February 22, 2021 | 14 hrs 52 mins |
| 6 | Mortimer | July 16, 2021 | 12 hrs 18 mins |
| 7 | Goroth | August 22, 2022 | 10 hrs 55 mins |
| 8 | Stain | February 23, 2023 | 16 hrs 34 mins |
| 9 | Jackson | August 25, 2023 | 18 hrs 1 min |
| 10 | Law | April 2, 2024 | 10 hrs 6 mins |
| 11 | Tol-Saroth | September 23, 2025 | 16 hrs 44 mins |
| 12 | Hazalag (Kindle ahead of audio) | — | — |
| 13 | Aboxageddon (Kindle ahead of audio) | — | — |
Morningwood and Vortena: Kindle release date. These volumes were re-issued and the earlier audio edition delisted, so the store now shows only the re-issue (October 10, 2025). The Kindle date is the closest verifiable stand-in and keeps the series in order.
Book data above is pulled from my full review — updated automatically as new entries publish.
Next audiobook: the series is ongoing, but no next release has been announced.
Each volume is named for a character, starting with Boxxy's registered alias. The audio runs roughly one volume behind at any given time; Kindle-ahead entries are marked in the table.
Who's who (spoiler-safe)
Cast list for a series where the main character eats the cast. Entries freeze at introductions; spellings verified against the series wiki.
- Boxxy T. Morningwood — a mimic. That's the series: hungry, clever, utterly amoral, and somehow the character you root for. The content warning in the review is not decorative. (Book 1.)
- Xera — a succubus, full name Xerababadubuth (the wiki checks out), known to Boxxy primarily as "Snack." That nickname is a plot summary. (Book 1.)
- Fizzy — the standout of the supporting cast, and eventually the lead of the spin-off Small Chests Are Fine Too. (Early books.)
Is the series complete?
No, ongoing, thirteen volumes deep with no announced ending. The series has earned the benefit of the doubt: it has run this long with no bad books, which almost nothing else on this site can claim.
Where to go next
- Dungeon Crawler Carl (Matt Dinniman) — the only series that mixes comedy with something this dark as successfully, in a register far more people can stomach.
- Overlord (Kugane Maruyama) — the other true villain-protagonist, played from the throne instead of the treasure room.
- The Stars Have Eyes (Neven Iliev) — the same author's opposite pole: wholesome, complete, and free to start. Read both and marvel.
Full verdicts on the reviews page.