Realm of the Elderlings audiobooks in order
One of the longest single narratives in fantasy and one of the few that genuinely rewards the commitment. It is not one voice on the UK store: Joe Eyre reads the Farseer trilogy, Lucy Tregear the Liveship Traders and Nick Taylor the Tawny Man; the Rain Wild Chronicles are split between Saskia Butler, Jacqui Crago and Avita Jay, and the Fitz and the Fool trilogy between Lee Maxwell-Simpson, Avita Jay and David Thorpe.
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Which order should you listen in?
Four trilogies and a quartet in one world, and publication order is strongly recommended — the Fitz books and the Liveship books converge, and reading the Tawny Man before Liveship Traders spoils a great deal. All told it runs to about 440 hours; treat it as a project.
Realm of the Elderlings in publication order
- 1
Assassin's Apprentice (1995)Read by Joe Eyre · 16h 35m unabridged - 2
Royal Assassin (1996)Read by Joe Eyre · 28h 2m unabridged - 3
Assassin's Quest (1997)Read by Joe Eyre · 37h 46m unabridged - 4
Ship of Magic (1998)Read by Lucy Tregear · 33h 25m unabridged - 5
The Mad Ship (1999)Read by Lucy Tregear · 33h 46m unabridged - 6
Ship of Destiny (2000)Read by Lucy Tregear · 34h 23m unabridged - 7
Fool's Errand (2001)Read by Nick Taylor · 23h 9m unabridged - 8
The Golden Fool (2002)Read by Nick Taylor · 25h 6m unabridged - 9
Fool's Fate (2003)Read by Nick Taylor · 31h 41m unabridged - 10
Dragon Keeper (2009)Read by Saskia Butler · 17h 2m unabridged - 11
Dragon Haven (2010)Read by Jacqui Crago · 20h 51m unabridged - 12
City of Dragons (2011)Read by Saskia Butler · 12h 59m unabridged - 13
Blood of Dragons (2013)Read by Avita Jay · 19h 38m unabridged - 14
Fool's Assassin (2014)Read by Lee Maxwell-Simpson, Avita Jay · 28h 40m unabridged - 15
Fool's Quest (2015)Read by Lee Maxwell-Simpson, Avita Jay · 33h 55m unabridged - 16
Assassin's Fate (2017)Read by Avita Jay, David Thorpe · 45h 2m unabridged