The Wheel of Time audiobooks in order
Kramer and Reading alternate by point-of-view chapter across the whole series — about 460 hours in total, and one of the great long-haul listens. Rosamund Pike, who played Moiraine on television, has since recorded a new reading of the opening books, so check which narrator you are buying.
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Which order should you listen in?
Publication order. New Spring is a prequel published after Crossroads of Twilight and before Knife of Dreams; listen to it after Crossroads of Twilight at the earliest, never first. Sanderson completed the final three books from Jordan's notes.
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The Wheel of Time in publication order
- 1
The Eye of the World (1990)Read by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer · 29h 57m unabridged - 2
The Great Hunt (1990)Read by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer · 26h 34m unabridged - 3
The Dragon Reborn (1991)Read by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer · 24h 48m unabridged - 4
The Shadow Rising (1992)Read by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer · 41h 13m unabridged - 5
The Fires of Heaven (1993)Read by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer · 36h 27m unabridged - 6
Lord of Chaos (1994)Read by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer · 41h 32m unabridged - 7
A Crown of Swords (1996)Read by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer · 30h 24m unabridged - 8
The Path of Daggers (1998)Read by Michael Kramer, Kate Reading · 23h 25m unabridged - 9
Winter's Heart (2000)Read by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer · 24h 12m unabridged - 10
Crossroads of Twilight (2003)Read by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer · 26h 4m unabridged - 11
New Spring (prequel) (2004)Read by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer · 12h 38m unabridged - 12
Knife of Dreams (2005)Read by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer · 32h 19m unabridged - 13
The Gathering Storm (2009)Read by Michael Kramer, Kate Reading · 32h 58m unabridged - 14
Towers of Midnight (2010)Read by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer · 38h 21m unabridged - 15
A Memory of Light (2013)Read by Michael Kramer, Kate Reading · 41h 47m unabridged
Which recording should you buy?
One book in this series is sold as more than one recording. Each comparison says which to buy and why: