Best Tad Williams Audiobooks
Where to Start with Tad Williams
- Best entry point → The Dragonbone Chair
- Best standalone → Rip-Off!
- Start the Shadowmarch series → Shadowmarch
- What fans keep coming back to → Shadowplay
- Best narrator for Tad Williams → Shadowrise
- Highest rated by listeners → Shadowheart (Shadowmarch #4)
Best Tad Williams Audiobooks
- 1
The Dragonbone Chair
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn • Book 1
by Tad Williams
Narrated by Andrew Wincott
★ 4.07 ABR Score (82.3K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (78.3K) ★ 4.44 Audible (4.0K)33h 12m listening time • Released 2016Williams's Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series opener is the foundation for Game of Thrones — Martin cited it as a direct influence on his own darker, more realistic fantasy.
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Shadowheart
Shadowmarch • Book 4
by Tad Williams
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.92 ABR Score (6.7K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (6.3K) ★ 4.34 Audible (447)32h 58m listening time • Released 2010Dick Hill's masterful narration transforms this epic conclusion into something genuinely immersive—his ability to voice dozens of characters with distinct conviction makes the massive 33-hour runtime feel essential rather than exhausting.
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Shadowrise
Shadowmarch • Book 3
by Tad Williams
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.88 ABR Score (7.4K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (6.9K) ★ 4.27 Audible (448)26h 50m listening time • Released 2010Dick Hill's voice work transforms this sprawling epic into something genuinely immersive—his range across dozens of characters keeps the intricate political machinations and dark mythology feeling intimate rather than overwhelming.
- 4
Unfettered III: New Tales
The Chathrand Voyage #Thasha's cure for cabin fever • Book 3
by Shawn Speakman, Tad Williams, Naomi Novik, Megan Lindholm, John Gwynne, David Anthony Durham, Callie Bates, Jason Denzel, Carrie Vaughn, Deborah A. Wolf, Anna Stephens, Patrick Swenson, Ramon Terrell, Peter Orullian, Terry Brooks, Lev Grossman, Seanan McGuire, Delilah S. Dawson, Mark Lawrence, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Todd Lockwood, Cat Rambo, Robert V.S. Redick, Ken Scholes, Scott Sigler, Anna Smith Spark, Marc Turner
Narrated by Khristine Hvam, Natasha Soudek, Mark Bramhall, Michael Page, Vikas Adam, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Andrew Wincott, Luke Daniels, Brian Nishii
★ 3.85 ABR Score (779 ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (571) ★ 4.37 Audible (208)27h 36m listening time • Released 2019 - 5
Shadowplay
Shadowmarch • Book 2
by Tad Williams
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.82 ABR Score (8.8K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (8.3K) ★ 4.24 Audible (501)30h 23m listening time • Released 2010Dick Hill's voice work transforms this sprawling dark fantasy sequel into something genuinely immersive—his range across dozens of characters keeps the political intrigue sharp and the supernatural dread palpable across 30+ hours.
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The Boy Detective of Oz: An Otherland Story (Oz Reimagined)
Otherland #4.6
by Tad Williams, Douglas Cohen, John Joseph Adams
Narrated by Nick Podehl, Tanya Eby
★ 3.72 ABR Score (184 ratings)★ 3.68 Goodreads (107) ★ 4.08 Audible (77)10h 30m listening time • Released 2013 - 7
Shadowmarch
Shadowmarch • Book 1
by Tad Williams
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.47 ABR Score (13.5K ratings)★ 3.77 Goodreads (12.8K) ★ 3.79 Audible (735)29h 19m listening time • Released 2010Dick Hill's performance transforms this sprawling fantasy epic into something genuinely immersive—his character work keeps you locked in through 29 hours of political intrigue, family tragedy, and creeping supernatural dread.
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Rip-Off!
by Gardner Dozois, John Scalzi, Jack Campbell, Mike Resnick, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Bear, Mary Robinette Kowal, Robert Charles Wilson, Allen M. Steele, Daryl Gregory, Lavie Tidhar, Nancy Kress, Paul Di Filippo, James Patrick Kelly, David Marantz, Dina Pearlman, Allyson Johnson, Marc Vietor, Ilyana Kadushin, Nicola Barber
Narrated by Wil Wheaton, Scott Brick, Christian Rummel, Jonathan Davis, Stefan Rudnicki, L. J. Ganser, Khristine Hvam
★ 3.29 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)★ 3.39 Goodreads (914) ★ 3.7 Audible (1.6K)11h 58m listening time • Released 2012A stellar cast of narrators elevates this clever anthology where top sci-fi writers hijack famous opening lines and spin them into wildly inventive original stories that feel both playful and genuinely surprising.