Audiobooks Like Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Jeff Hays narrates Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl sequel with the kind of shameless comedic commitment the LitRPG genre requires — the 11-hour runtime sustains the absurdist premise because Hays never lets the dungeon feel like a backdrop when it should feel like a character, and he handles the tonal whiplash between gross-out horror and genuine pathos without flinching. The pacing is relentless, which is part of the joke. All ten picks are highly rated, match the runtime closely, and pull from the same progression fantasy space where the comedy and the stakes are equally real.

10 audiobooks for fans of Carl's Doomsday Scenario

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    Irrelevant Jack 3

    Irrelevant Jack • Book 3

    by Prax Venter

    Narrated by Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Andrea Parsneau

    4.22 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (1.0K) ★ 4.74 Audible (912)
    9h 19m listening time • Released 2025
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    Irrelevant Jack 5

    Irrelevant Jack • Book 5

    by Prax Venter

    Narrated by Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Andrea Parsneau

    4.15 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (501) ★ 4.77 Audible (530)
    9h 45m listening time • Released 2025
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    The Beast of the Black Hills (Elemental Gunslinger, Book 2) - A Wild West Cultivation Story

    Elemental Gunslinger • Book 2

    by Jonathan Smidt, Portal Books

    Narrated by Ryan H. Reid, Jeff Hays, Andrea Parsneau

    3.74 ABR Score (32 ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (18) ★ 4.79 Audible (14)
    10h 47m listening time • Released 2026
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    The Hobgoblin Riot

    Dominion of Blades • Book 2

    by Matt Dinniman

    Narrated by Andrea Parsneau, Hays McGee

    4.20 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (2.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (1.5K)
    18h 24m listening time • Released 2018
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    Irrelevant Jack

    Irrelevant Jack • Book 1

    by Prax Venter

    Narrated by Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Andrea Parsneau

    4.09 ABR Score (3.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.55 Audible (1.9K)
    11h 42m listening time • Released 2025
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    Wizard's Tower 2: A LitRPG Adventure

    Wizard's Tower • Book 2

    by Gregory Allanther

    Narrated by Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Andrea Parsneau

    3.96 ABR Score (721 ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (633) ★ 4.61 Audible (88)
    13h 2m listening time • Released 2023
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    Wizard's Tower

    Wizard's Tower • Book 1

    by Gregory Allanther

    Narrated by Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Andrea Parsneau

    3.95 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 4.46 Audible (427)
    12h 4m listening time • Released 2022
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    Wriggly Little Hands

    by Alex Knight

    Narrated by Dorrie Sacks, Justin Thomas James, Gary Furlong, Ryan H. Reid, Christopher Ragland, Tiana Camacho, Andrea Parsneau, Jeff Hays

    3.89 ABR Score (212 ratings)
    ★ 4.27 Goodreads (132) ★ 4.6 Audible (80)
    10h 28m listening time • Released 2025
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    Flamespitter (Elemental Gunslinger, Book 1) - A Wild West Cultivation Story

    Elemental Gunslinger • Book 1

    by Jonathan Smidt

    Narrated by Ryan H. Reid, Andrea Parsneau, Jeff Hays

    3.88 ABR Score (371 ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (186) ★ 4.45 Audible (185)
    12h 13m listening time • Released 2024
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    Wizard's Tower 3

    Wizard's Tower • Book 3

    by Gregory Allanther

    Narrated by Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Andrea Parsneau

    3.84 ABR Score (465 ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (420) ★ 4.22 Audible (45)
    13h 14m listening time • Released 2023

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