Red Rising: Audiobooks in Reading Order
The Red Rising audiobook series runs 5 books in reading order, narrated by 7 narrators, about 115 hours total in our catalog. We cover 5 Red Rising audiobooks with live pages here, in the retailer's reading order, carrying 236 listener ratings between them. Back to back at an hour a day that is about 115 days of listening. Per-book length, rating and narrator are below, with a finish-time calculator for the whole series.
The reading order
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
16.2 hrs · about 17 days at an hour a day · narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds.
Start listening free →Golden Son by Pierce Brown
19.1 hrs · about 20 days at an hour a day · narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds.
Start listening free →Morning Star by Pierce Brown
21.8 hrs · about 22 days at an hour a day · narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds.
Start listening free →Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
23.4 hrs · about 24 days at an hour a day · narrated by Aedin Moloney.
Start listening free →Dark Age by Pierce Brown
34 hrs · about 34 days at an hour a day · narrated by Rendah Heywood.
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The instrumentHow long to finish the whole series?
Based on 115 hours across all 5 books.
| Your pace | You'll finish all 5 in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 230 days |
| 1 hour / day | 115 days |
| 2 hours / day | 58 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 77 days |
You'll finish all 5 in–by –
What our data says about the series
- 7 narrators across the 5 books: Tim Gerard Reynolds, Aedin Moloney, Julian Elfer, John Curless, and 3 more.
- Longest: Dark Age (34 hrs). Shortest: Red Rising (16.2 hrs).
How this reading order is sourced
Reading order and series membership come from the audiobooks.com catalog, confirmed against each book's author on its own product page (we never guess). We list the 5 books this series carries with live pages in our catalog, positions 1 to 5, in order. Total listening time sums our per-book hours. Dataset build 2026-10-05; the list recomputes with every data refresh. Full methodology · All science fiction audiobooks we measured
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
What order should I listen to the Red Rising audiobooks in?
In reading order: 1. Red Rising; 2. Golden Son; 3. Morning Star; 4. Iron Gold; 5. Dark Age.
How long are all the Red Rising audiobooks together?
The 5 books we cover total about 115 hours. At an hour a day that is roughly 115 days; at 1.5× speed about 77 hours.
Who narrates the Red Rising audiobooks?
Across the 5 books: Tim Gerard Reynolds, Aedin Moloney, Julian Elfer, John Curless, Rendah Heywood, Moira Quirk, James Langton.
Is the Red Rising audiobook series free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.