The 25 Longest Completed Fantasy Series (by Listening Time)
Looking for an epic journey to completely lose yourself in? You've come to the right place. Below is our definitive, always-updated list of the longest completed fantasy series in our database, ranked by their total audiobook listening time. Prepare your ears for an adventure!
The longest completed fantasy audiobook in our catalog is Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, with 451 hr 50 min of total listening across 14 books. The 25 series below — collectively over 4,946 hours of audio — are ranked by total Audible runtime, with full audiobook coverage required for inclusion.
Longest completed fantasy series by audiobook listening time
Wheel of Time
by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson · narrated by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer, Rosamund Pike
451 hr 50 min listening14 booksThe Wheel of Time is Robert Jordan's landmark fourteen-book epic fantasy series � one of the most beloved and ambitious works in the genre, set in a richly imagined world where time turns in cycles and an ancient evil is breaking free.
Dragon Heart
by Kirill Klevanski, Valeria Kornosenko, Kevin T. Collins
339 hr 2 min listening22 booksDragon Heart is a LitRPG Wuxia series following Hadjar, a reborn prince whose family and kingdom were stolen. Empowered by a piece of a dragon's heart in a world blurring martial arts and magic, Hadjar vows revenge. He enlists in the army and hones his skills.
Path of the Ranger
by Sarima, Pedro Urvi · narrated by John Banks
281 hr 36 min listening20 booksThe Path of the Ranger is an epic fantasy series set on a continent in quasi-medieval times with magic users. The story begins with Lasgol, the son of a traitor, who seeks to clear his father's name by joining the School of Rangers.
Zodiac Academy
by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti · narrated by Bridget Bordeaux, Jake Bordeaux
264 hr 57 min listening12 booksZodiac Academy is a Wall Street Journal #1 bestselling dark romantasy series by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, following twin heirs Tory and Darcy Vega as they navigate a brutal fae academy where their zodiac star signs determine power � and their Dragon-shifter rivals are determined to see them fail.
Artorian's Archives
253 hr 12 min listening19 booksArtorian's Archives is a heartwarming cultivation and LitRPG progression fantasy set within the Divine Dungeon universe.
Shadows of the Apt
by Adrian Tchaikovsky · narrated by Ben Allen
236 hr 24 min listening10 booksShadows of the Apt is an epic fantasy series where the Lowlands' city states, long enjoying peace, face imminent threat from a conquering Empire known as the Wasp Empire. Stenwold Maker, a spymaster, artificer, and statesman, is the first to recognize the danger and attempts to warn the leaders of the cities.
Jane Yellowrock
by Faith Hunter · narrated by Khristine Hvam
229 hr 14 min listening15 booksJane Yellowrock is a fifteen-book urban fantasy series by Faith Hunter, following Jane Yellowrock — the last skinwalker of Cherokee descent, a shapeshifter who shares her body with an ancient mountain lion called Beast — as she hunts vampires for hire in the supernatural underbelly of New Orleans.
The Imager Portfolio
by L. E. Modesitt Jr., L. E. Modesitt, Jr. · narrated by William Dufris
222 hr 43 min listening12 booksThe Imager Portfolio is an epic fantasy series centered in the world of Terahnar, where "Imagers" are rare individuals who can visualize things and make them real. Book 1, Imager, introduces Rhennthyl, who discovers he is an imager after his master's death.
Mark of the Fool
by J.M. Clarke
206 hr 55 min listening10 booksMark of the Fool is a progression-fantasy academy series following Alex Roth, who rejects a divine prophecy branding him the worst of five Heroes and flees to the University of Generasi — where he turns the Mark meant to cripple him into an unprecedented path of power.
The Ten Realms
by Michael Chatfield, Neil Hellegers · narrated by Neil Hellegers
192 hr 9 min listening12 booksThe Ten Realms is a LitRPG fantasy series about two soldiers, Erik West and Jimmy 'Rugrat' Rodriguez, who are transported to a world of magic, cultivation, and stat screens after being marked with the "two week curse." They have only fourteen days before they are teleported, a fate no one has returned from.
The Kingfall Histories
by David Estes · narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds, Tim Gerard Reynolds
180 hr 30 min listening5 booksThe Kingfall Histories is a five-book epic fantasy series set in a world of three kingdoms where legendary godblades � lost for five centuries � have begun choosing new wielders and reigniting an ancient war.
The Echoes Saga
by Philip C. Quaintrell · narrated by Steven Brand
176 hr 53 min listening9 booksThe Echoes Saga is a nine-book epic high fantasy series set in the realm of Illian, where an ancient prophecy called the Echoes of Fate threatens to unravel civilization itself.
Metal Mage (Completed Series)
by Eric Vall · narrated by Christopher Boucher, Jessica Threet
174 hr 8 min listening15 booksWhen a 20th-century man is transported to a magical fantasy world, he discovers powerful monsters and evil wizards threaten to kill everyone. He gains earth and metal magic, allowing him to craft armor, swords, and most importantly, guns.
Road to Mastery
by Valerios · narrated by Jeremy Frazier
159 hr 39 min listening6 booksRoad to Mastery follows Jack Rust, a disillusioned biologist thrust into an alien-invaded Earth governed by the System. Initially unarmed and lacking magical abilities, Jack must rely on his fists and resourcefulness to survive hordes of monsters in a newly formed dungeon-forest.
Fates Parallel
by Darktechnomancer · narrated by Cindy Kay
158 hr 54 min listening8 booksFates Parallel is an epic Xianxia/Wuxia-inspired cultivation series following Lee Jia, a young mortal girl surviving on the streets whose desperate flight from pursuers accidentally lands her enrolled in a brand-new academy for immortals.
Arise
by Jez Cajiao · narrated by Christopher Boucher, Jessica Threet
157 hr 9 min listening6 booksArise is a gritty LitRPG Progression Fantasy series following Steve, an ex-military, nanite-fueled individual seeking to clean up his past by saving the "little guys." After a heist gone wrong, he's trapped on a Greek island, facing werewolves and his own dark nature.
Throne Of Glass Series
by Sarah J. Maas · narrated by Elizabeth Evans
145 hr 33 min listening7 booksThrone Of Glass is a #1 bestselling epic fantasy series following Celaena Sardothien — the kingdom's most feared assassin — who escapes slavery by competing in a brutal tournament to become the King's Champion, only to discover her fate is bound to something far older and larger than any kingdom.
Fever
145 hr 30 min listening11 booksFever is an urban fantasy series following MacKayla Lane, who travels to Dublin to unravel her sister's mysterious murder, only to unlock a dangerous hidden power that allows her to see the Fae realm.
Magical Fusion
by Jonathan Brooks · narrated by Miles Meili
143 hr 46 min listening8 booksMagical Fusion is a LitRPG academy series following Larek Holsten, a seven-foot logger whose rare talent for creating Fusions — magical combinations that enhance any object or creature — makes him both invaluable and a target the moment his power is discovered.
Malazan Empire
by Ian C. Esslemont · narrated by John Banks
143 hr 33 min listening6 booksMalazan Empire is a six-book companion series to Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen, written by co-creator Ian C. Esslemont and set in the same vast, morally complex world of empire, sorcery, and war.
Binding Words
by Daniel Schinhofen · narrated by Andrea Parsneau
138 hr 52 min listening11 booksSean's life is irrevocably changed when he chooses to serve the goddess Morrigan. Transferred to a new world by powerful deities, Binding Words follows Sean as he navigates a land ruled by Summer and Winter Queens, where Agreements are magically binding.
Mistborn
by Brandon Sanderson, Michael Kramer · narrated by Michael Kramer
137 hr 52 min listening7 booksMistborn is a landmark epic fantasy series following Vin, a street urchin who discovers she is a Mistborn — able to burn swallowed metals for superhuman powers — and joins a brilliant criminal crew to overthrow an immortal god-emperor.
The Traitor Son Cycle
by Miles Cameron, Neil Dickson, Matthew Wolf
136 hr 14 min listening5 booksThe Traitor Son Cycle follows the Red Knight, a young and ambitious mercenary captain who hires out his company to protect an Abbess and her nunnery from a monster. What begins as a seemingly simple job quickly escalates into a full-blown war.
Lightbringer
by Brent Weeks, Simon Vance · narrated by Simon Vance
134 hr 47 min listening5 booksLightbringer is an epic fantasy series set in a world where magic is tightly controlled. The first book introduces Gavin Guile, the Prism, a powerful emperor and high priest working to maintain peace.
Cradle
by Will Wight, Travis Baldree · narrated by Travis Baldree
134 hr 25 min listening12 booksCradle is a New York Times bestselling progression fantasy series following Lindon, born Unsouled — the one person in his clan with no ability to walk the sacred arts — who leaves home to grow powerful enough to save his people from the destruction only he can foresee.
Frequently asked questions
How is "longest" measured?
Total audiobook running time, summed across every book in the series. The list only includes series where every book has an audiobook edition — partial-audio series are excluded so the totals are honest.
What if a series has no audiobook?
Those series are excluded from this list entirely. If you want longest-by-page-count instead, see the "Most Books" or "Shortest Series" lists, which use page totals.
Where does the listening-time data come from?
Audible publishes per-book running times; those are aggregated from Amazon and refreshed periodically. If a runtime looks off for a specific series, the corrections email is the fastest way to flag it.
Are these the best long fantasy series?
Not exactly — this is "longest" by running time, not "best." Use the genre-specific lists (Complete LitRPG, Complete Progression Fantasy, Complete Cultivation) if you want quality-curated picks within a genre.