Where to Start with Robin Hobb
- Best entry point → Fool's Assassin
- Start the Farseer Trilogy series → Assassin's Apprentice
- What fans keep coming back to → Royal Assassin
- Best narrator for Robin Hobb → Fool's Errand
- Highest rated by listeners → Fool's Fate (The Tawny Man #3)
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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 - 2
Golden Fool
The Tawny Man • Book 2
by Robin Hobb
Narrated by James Langton
★ 4.43 ABR Score (98.6K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (94.6K) ★ 4.66 Audible (4.0K)26h 26m listening time • Released 2014 - 3
Ship of Destiny
The Liveship Traders • Book 3
by Robin Hobb
Narrated by Anne Flosnik
★ 4.39 ABR Score (94.2K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (90.8K) ★ 4.65 Audible (3.5K)33h 39m listening time • Released 2010 - 4
Fool's Errand
Realms of the Elderlings • Book 7
by Robin Hobb
Narrated by James Langton
★ 4.38 ABR Score (112.6K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (107.6K) ★ 4.59 Audible (5.0K)25h 18m listening time • Released 2014Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy opens years after the Farseer trilogy, reuniting us with Fitz in a quieter, more introspective fantasy that rewards those who've done the work.
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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 - 6
The Mad Ship
The Liveship Traders • Book 2
by Robin Hobb
Narrated by Anne Flosnik
★ 4.36 ABR Score (89.5K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (86.0K) ★ 4.61 Audible (3.5K)33h 57m listening time • Released 2010 - 7
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 - 8
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 - 9
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 - 10
Assassin's Apprentice
Farseer Trilogy • Book 1
by Robin Hobb
Narrated by Paul Boehmer
★ 4.25 ABR Score (425.6K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (409.2K) ★ 4.43 Audible (16.4K)17h 18m listening time • Released 2010Robin Hobb's heartbreaking series opener introduces Fitz, a royal bastard trained as an assassin — intimate, character-driven fantasy at its most emotionally devastating.
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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 - 12
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 - 13
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 2010Robin 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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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 - 15
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 - 16
The Book of Swords
Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz #7 - A Long, Cold Trail
by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Ken Liu, Matthew Hughes, Kate Elliott, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Abraham, C.J. Cherryh, Garth Nix, Ellen Kushner, Scott Lynch, Rich Larson, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Cecelia Holland, George R.R. Martin
Narrated by John Lee, Katharine Lee McEwan, Kim Mai Guest, Elliot Hill, Richard Brewer, Nicholas Guy Smith, Kirby Heyborne, Julia Whelan, Mark Deakins, Steve West, Ralph Lister
★ 3.66 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.16 Audible (419)22h 13m listening time • Released 2017 - 17
Forest Mage
Soldier Son • Book 2
by Robin Hobb
Narrated by John Keating
★ 3.62 ABR Score (20.6K ratings)★ 3.47 Goodreads (19.7K) ★ 4.2 Audible (923)31h 3m listening time • Released 2009 - 18
Shaman's Crossing: Book One of The Soldier Son Trilogy – An Epic Military Fantasy Where Ancient Sorcery Claims Souls and Devastates Worlds
Soldier Son • Book 1
by Robin Hobb
Narrated by John Keating
★ 3.59 ABR Score (27.3K ratings)★ 3.55 Goodreads (26.1K) ★ 4.11 Audible (1.2K)24h 49m listening time • Released 2009 - 19
Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love
Guardians #3.6 - The Demon Dancer
by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Daniel Abraham, Jacqueline Carey, Lisa Tuttle, Linnea Sinclair, Mary Jo Putney, Tanith Lee, Peter S. Beagle, Yasmine Galenorn, Diana Gabaldon, Jo Beverley, Carrie Vaughn, M.L.N. Hanover, Cecelia Holland, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Robin Hobb, Neil Gaiman, Marjorie M. Liu, Jim Butcher
Narrated by Phil Gigante, Michael Page, Susan Duerden, Julia Whelan
★ 3.57 ABR Score (4.4K ratings)★ 3.76 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 3.76 Audible (190)19h 39m listening time • Released 2011
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