Audiobooks Like The Mad Ship

Anne Flosnik narrates The Mad Ship with a patience that the thirty-four-hour runtime demands — her handling of Robin Hobb's emotionally dense maritime world keeps the interiority of multiple characters distinct without losing the atmosphere of salt, wood, and ancient magic that runs through the whole series. Five of the recommendations are also narrated by Flosnik, and all ten are further Hobb titles, which means you're staying inside the same world with the same voice, which is exactly the right way to follow a book this long.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Mad Ship

  1. 1
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    Ship of Magic

    Liveship Traders • Book 1

    by Robin Hobb

    Narrated by Anne Flosnik

    ★ 4.11 ABR Score (111.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (106.9K) ★ 4.34 Audible (4.3K)
    35h 20m listening time • Released 2010

    Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders trilogy opens with this sea-faring epic about ships made from the bones of wizards — sprawling, morally complex, and devastating.

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    Blood of Dragons

    Rain Wild Chronicles • Book 4

    by Robin Hobb

    Narrated by Anne Flosnik

    ★ 4.28 ABR Score (41.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (39.6K) ★ 4.64 Audible (2.2K)
    16h 9m listening time • Released 2013
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  3. 3
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    Dragon Haven

    Rain Wild Chronicles • Book 2

    by Robin Hobb

    Narrated by Anne Flosnik

    ★ 4.21 ABR Score (46.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (45.3K) ★ 4.64 Audible (926)
    19h 38m listening time • Released 2020
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    City of Dragons

    Rain Wild Chronicles • Book 3

    by Robin Hobb

    Narrated by Anne Flosnik

    ★ 4.20 ABR Score (43.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (41.5K) ★ 4.58 Audible (2.1K)
    13h 25m listening time • Released 2012
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    The Dragon Keeper

    Rain Wild Chronicles • Book 1

    by Robin Hobb

    Narrated by Anne Flosnik

    ★ 3.97 ABR Score (56.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (55.3K) ★ 4.37 Audible (971)
    20h 30m listening time • Released 2020
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    Fool's Fate

    The Tawny Man • Book 3

    by Robin Hobb

    Narrated by James Langton

    ★ 4.59 ABR Score (97.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (91.5K) ★ 4.78 Audible (5.9K)
    32h 46m listening time • Released 2014
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    Fool's Assassin

    Fitz and the Fool • Book 1

    by Robin Hobb

    Narrated by Elliot Hill

    ★ 4.33 ABR Score (71.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (66.7K) ★ 4.52 Audible (5.2K)
    27h 18m listening time • Released 2014
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    Royal Assassin

    The Farseer Trilogy • Book 2

    by Robin Hobb

    Narrated by Paul Boehmer

    ★ 4.37 ABR Score (259.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (247.8K) ★ 4.56 Audible (11.6K)
    29h 17m listening time • Released 2010
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    Assassin's Quest

    The Farseer Trilogy • Book 3

    by Robin Hobb

    Narrated by Paul Boehmer

    ★ 4.30 ABR Score (210.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (199.3K) ★ 4.52 Audible (10.9K)
    37h 35m listening time • Released 2010
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    Renegade's Magic

    Soldier Son • Book 3

    by Robin Hobb

    Narrated by John Keating

    ★ 3.75 ABR Score (18.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.56 Goodreads (17.2K) ★ 4.34 Audible (876)
    29h 21m listening time • Released 2009
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