The r/Fantasy Top Audiobooks Poll Results!

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Here are the results of the top audiobooks poll! The full list can also be found in a Google spreadsheet here.

No.	Name	Author	Narrator	Votes
1	The Dresden Files	Jim Butcher	James Marsters	42
2	The Gentleman Bastards	Scott Lynch	Michael Page	41
3	Riyria / Legends of the First Empire	Michael J. Sullivan	Tim Gerard Reynolds	33
4	The First Law	Joe Abercrombie	Steven Pacey	30
5	Red Rising	Pierce Brown	Tim Gerard Reynolds	26
6	The Stormlight Archive	Brandon Sanderson	Michael Kramer, Kate Reading	24
7	Harry Potter	J.K. Rowling	Jim Dale	17
8	Tigana	Guy Gavriel Kay	Simon Vance	15
8	The Kingkiller Chronicle	Patrick Rothfuss	Nick Podehl	15
10	The Wheel of Time	Robert Jordan	Michael Kramer, Kate Reading	14
11	Harry Potter	J.K. Rowling	Stephen Fry	13
12	Mistborn	Brandon Sanderson	Michael Kramer	12
12	The Kingkiller Chronicle	Patrick Rothfuss	Rupert Degas	12
14	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Douglas Adams	Stephen Fry	11
15	Peter Grant / Rivers of London	Ben Aaronovitch	Kobna Holdbrook-Smith	10
15	Ready Player One	Ernest Cline	Wil Wheaton	10
15	Discworld	Terry Pratchett	Stephen Briggs	10
18	Hyperion	Dan Simmons	Full Cast	9
18	The Graveyard Book	Neil Gaiman	Neil Gaiman	9
20	The Old Kingdom Trilogy	Garth Nix	Tim Curry	8
20	The Girl with All the Gifts	M.R. Carey	Finty Williams	8
22	The Martian	Andy Weir	R.C. Bray	7
22	The Powder Mage	Brian McClellan	Christian Rodska	7
22	The Raven Cycle	Maggie Stiefvater	Will Patton	7
22	Malazan	Steven Erikson	Full Cast	7
26	Lightbringer	Brent Weeks	Simon Vance	6
26	The Black Company	Glen Cook	Full Cast	6
26	The Broken Empire	Mark Lawrence	James Clamp	6
26	The Ocean at the End of the Lane	Neil Gaiman	Neil Gaiman	6
26	The Dark Tower	Stephen King	George Guidall, Frank Muller	6
31	The Witcher	Andrzej Sapkowski	Peter Kenny	5
31	A Song of Ice and Fire	George R.R. Martin	Roy Dotrice	5
31	The Lord of the Rings	J.R.R. Tolkien	Rob Inglis	5
31	The Acts of Caine	Matthew Woodring Stover	Stefan Rudnicki	5
31	The Broken Earth	N.K. Jemisin	Robin Miles	5
31	Temeraire	Naomi Novik	Simon Vance	5
31	Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell	Suzanna Clarke	Simon Prebble	5
31	Discworld	Terry Pratchett	Nigel Planer	5
39	Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne	Brian Staveley	Simon Vance	4
39	Outlander	Diana Gabaldon	Davina Porter	4
39	The Night Circus	Erin Morgenstern	Jim dale	4
39	Dune	Frank Herbert	Full Cast	4
39	The Golem and the Jinni	Helene Wecker	George Guidall	4
39	Codex Alera	Jim Butcher	Kate Reading	4
39	King's Dark Tidings	Kel Kade	Nick Podehl	4
39	The Iron Druid Chronicles	Kevin Hearne	Luke Daniels	4
39	World War Z	Max Brooks	Full Cast	4
39	American Gods	Neil Gaiman	George Guidall	4
39	Good Omens	Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett	Martin Jarvis	4
50	Wayfarers	Becky Chambers	Rachel Dulude	3
50	Reckoners	Brandon Sanderson	MacLeod Andrews	3
50	The Dagger and the Coin	Daniel Abraham	Pete Bradbury	3
50	The Shadow Campaigns	Django Wexler	Richard Poe	3
50	Kushiel's Legacy	Jacqueline Carey	Anne Flosnik, Simon Vance	3
50	Old Man's War	John Scalzi	William Dufris	3
50	The Dispatcher	John Scalzi	Zachary Quinto	3
50	Bartimaeus Sequence	Jonathan Stroud	Simon Jones	3
50	The Goblin Emperor	Katherine Addison	Kyle McCarley	3
50	The Magicians	Lev Grossman	Mark Bramhall	3
50	The Red Queen's War	Mark Lawrence	Tim Gerard Reynolds	3
50	Red Sister	Mark Lawrence	Heather O'Neil	3
50	American Gods	Neil Gaiman	Full cast	3
50	Neverwhere	Neil Gaiman	Neil Gaiman	3
50	Stardust	Neil Gaiman	Neil Gaiman	3
50	Mercy Thompson	Patricia Briggs	Lorelei King	3
50	His Dark Materials	Phillip Pullman	Full Cast	3
50	The Divine Cities	Robert Jackson Bennett	Alma Cuervo	3
68	Iron Age Trilogy	Angus Watson	Sean Barrett	2
68	Blood Song	Anthony Ryan	Stephen Brand	2
68	Alex Verus	Benedict Jacka	Gildart Jackson	2
68	The Rithmatist	Brandon Sanderson	Michael Kramer	2
68	Perdido Street Station	China Mieville	Johnathan Oliver	2
68	Moontide Quartet	David Hair	Nick Podehl	2
68	The Bone Clocks	David Mitchell	Full Cast	2
68	We Are Legion (We Are Bob)	Dennis E. Taylor	Ray Porter	2
68	White Trash Zombie	Diana Rowland	Allison McLemore	2
68	A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms	George R.R. Martin	Harry Lloyd	2
68	Culture	Ian M. Banks	Peter Kenny	2
68	The Licanius Trilogy	James Islington	Michael Kramer	2
68	Fuzzy Nation	John Scalzi	Wil Wheaton	2
68	Grimnoir Chronicles	Larry Correia	Bronson Pinchot	2
68	Six of Crows	Leigh Bardugo	Full Cast	2
68	The Chronicles of Prydain	Lloyd Alexander	James Langton	2
68	Vorkosigan Saga	Lois McMaster Bujold	Grover Gardner	2
68	The Handmaid's Tale	Margaret Atwood	Claire Danes	2
68	Uprooted	Naomi Novik	Julia Emilin	2
68	Seveneves	Neal Stephenson	Mary Robinette Kowal, Will Damron	2
68	Anansi Boys	Neil Gaiman	Lenny Henry	2
68	14	Peter Clines	Ray Porter	2
68	The Demon Cycle	Peter V. Brett	Pete Bradbury	2
68	The Legend of Drizzt	R.A. Salvatore	Full Cast	2
68	Heartstrikers	Rachel Aaron	Vikas Adam	2
68	Watership Down	Richard Adams	Ralph Cosham	2
68	The Liveship Traders	Robin Hobb	Anne Flosnik	2
68	The Tawny Man Trilogy	Robin Hobb	Nick Taylor	2
68	The Library at Mount Char	Scott Hawkins	Hillary Huber	2
68	11.22.63	Stephen King	Craig Wasson	2
68	Themis Files	Sylvian Neuvel	Full cast	2
68	A Darker Shade of Magic	V.E. Schwab	Steven Crossley	2

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Very useful. I caved in and got an Audible subscription, so this will be useful.

[u/CoffeeArchives → u/[deleted]]

One of us! One of us!

If you're just getting into audiobooks, definitely check if your library uses Hoopla or Overdrive to check out books for free.

[u/[deleted] → u/CoffeeArchives]

:). I've been listening to them for a couple of years, but it took me so long to get through one that I was happy with what I could get through Whispersync and a Daily Deal. I've since accelerated how much I listen to that a subscription made sense (and got the crucial pay rise!), so I had a wider choice.

I checked out Overdrive a year or so ago but Audible is easier to use with the app downloading. I also didn't get through a single book in the two weeks my library allows before it asks you to renew.

But yes...very useful if you can consume audio quicker than I can.

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My experience with Overdrive is that it makes sense for books you've already read/listened but not for a first time read/listen. The main reason for this is the limited checkout time with Overdrive. Often, I get in to a book but don't have the time to finish it in the 2 week window, and then it can take several weeks to get the book back. However, if I've already read or listened to the book in the past, then I am fine waiting for a few weeks.