Audiobooks Like The Dragon Keeper

Anne Flosnik narrates The Dragon Keeper with a patient, character-attentive quality that suits Robin Hobb's slow-building world — her voice differentiates the human and dragon perspectives without exaggerating either, and at 21 hours the expedition's gradual transformation has room to accumulate emotional weight. Three of the recommendations share her narration, all ten share Robin Hobb's authorship, and two won awards — a list built from the same world, the same careful prose, and the same narrator who has spent enough time in it to make the long commitment feel secure.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Dragon Keeper

  1. 1
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    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
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    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
  3. 3
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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.

  4. 4
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    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 2010

    Robin Hobb's heartbreaking series opener introduces Fitz, a royal bastard trained as an assassin — intimate, character-driven fantasy at its most emotionally devastating.

  5. 5
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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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    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
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    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 2014

    Robin 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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    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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    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
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    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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