10 audiobooks for fans of Dark Age
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Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View
Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View • Book 1
by Elizabeth Schaefer, Ben Acker, Jonathan Davis, Tom Angleberger, Janina Gavankar, Ben Blacker, Jon Hamm, Jeffrey Brown, Jason Fry, Neil Patrick Harris, Christie Golden, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Pierce Brown, Ashley Eckstein, Carol Monda, Mur Lafferty, Marc Thompson, Ken Liu, Griffin McElroy, John Jackson Miller, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Nnedi Okorafor, Daniel José Older, Ian Doescher, Daniel M. Lavery, Madeleine Roux, Gary D. Schmidt, Matt Fraction, Cavan Scott, Sabaa Tahir, Kieron Gillen, Glen Weldon, Chuck Wendig, Gary Whitta, Meg Cabot, Pablo Hidalgo, Adam Christopher, Rae Carson, Zoraida Córdova, Delilah S. Dawson, Paul Dini, Alexander Freed, Claudia Gray, Paul S. Kemp, Elizabeth Wein, Beth Revis, Greg Rucka, Charles Soule, Wil Wheaton, Renée Ahdieh
Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Ashley Eckstein, Janina Gavankar, Jon Hamm, Neil Patrick Harris, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Carol Monda, Daniel José Older, Marc Thompson
★ 4.07 ABR Score (20.7K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (15.5K) ★ 4.43 Audible (5.2K)15h 3m listening time • Released 2017 -
This Inevitable Ruin
Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7
Narrated by Jeff Hays, Travis Baldree
★ 4.87 ABR Score (96.2K ratings)★ 4.68 Goodreads (74.1K) ★ 4.93 Audible (22.1K)28h 40m listening time • Released 2025Jeff Hays and Travis Baldree elevate this escalating war arc into pure theatrical spectacle—28 hours of faction battles, shifting alliances, and genuine stakes that hit harder because the narration sells every betrayal and impossible choice.
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11/22/63
by Stephen King
Narrated by Craig Wasson
★ 4.63 ABR Score (740.9K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (667.2K) ★ 4.66 Audible (73.7K)30h 40m listening time • Released 2011Craig Wasson's performance transforms King's sprawling time-travel epic into something intimate and devastating—30 hours that feel essential, not excessive.
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Iron Prince
Warformed: Stormweaver • Book 1
by Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko
Narrated by Luke Daniels
Both audiobooks deliver immersive, character-driven mysteries with intricate world-building that unfold across epic narratives, and Luke Daniels' commanding narration matches the intensity and scope that Tim Gerard Reynolds and his ensemble cast brought to Dark Age. The sprawling plots demand the same level of engagement and reward deep listening with interconnected revelations that keep you invested across their substantial runtimes.
★ 4.63 ABR Score (26.0K ratings)★ 4.57 Goodreads (18.5K) ★ 4.79 Audible (7.6K)33h 55m listening time • Released 2021Luke Daniels elevates this LitRPG underdog story with a performance so commanding it transforms 34 hours into something you won't want to pause—especially once the mystery deepens and the stakes genuinely shift.
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Death's End
Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 3
by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu
Narrated by P. J. Ochlan
★ 4.53 ABR Score (190.1K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (176.1K) ★ 4.64 Audible (14.0K)28h 51m listening time • Released 2016 -
Howling Dark
Sun Eater • Book 2
by Christopher Ruocchio
Narrated by Samuel Roukin
★ 4.40 ABR Score (31.9K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (29.1K) ★ 4.67 Audible (2.8K)28h 3m listening time • Released 2019 -
Harrow the Ninth
The Locked Tomb • Book 2
by Tamsyn Muir
Narrated by Moira Quirk
★ 4.40 ABR Score (96.5K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (90.9K) ★ 4.61 Audible (5.6K)19h 51m listening time • Released 2020 -
A Deepness in the Sky
Zones of Thought • Book 2
by Vernor Vinge
Narrated by Peter Larkin
★ 4.21 ABR Score (37.4K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (35.3K) ★ 4.42 Audible (2.2K)28h 19m listening time • Released 2009 -
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
Pastwatch • Book 1
by Orson Scott Card
Narrated by Scott Brick, Christopher Cazenove, Gabrielle de Cuir, Arte Johnson, Moira Quirk, Stefan Rudnicki, Orson Scott Card
★ 3.97 ABR Score (17.6K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (15.8K) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.8K)13h 35m listening time • Released 2007A stellar ensemble cast elevates Card's audacious premise—rewriting Columbus through time travel becomes a meditation on whether good intentions can justify remaking history itself.
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Fire and Song
Warformed: Stormweaver • Book 2
by Bryce O'Connor
Narrated by Luke Daniels
Both audiobooks deliver immersive, character-driven mysteries with complex plotting that rewards close attention, and Luke Daniels' dynamic narration captures the same narrative intensity that makes Tim Gerard Reynolds' performance in Dark Age so compelling.
★ 4.61 ABR Score (15.7K ratings)★ 4.61 Goodreads (10.1K) ★ 4.79 Audible (5.7K)32h 37m listening time • Released 2023Luke Daniels brings crystalline clarity to a sprawling magic-academy tournament, making complex action sequences genuinely thrilling to follow. The second book deepens what made the first work while raising the stakes—exactly what a sequel should do.
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