Red Rising: Audiobooks in Reading Order
The Red Rising audiobook series runs 5 books in reading order, narrated by 7 narrators, about 90 hours total (estimated) 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 90 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
13.1 hrs est. · about 14 days at an hour a day · narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds.
Listen free with the trial →Golden Son by Pierce Brown
13.7 hrs est. · about 14 days at an hour a day · narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds.
Listen free with the trial →Morning Star by Pierce Brown
19.9 hrs est. · about 20 days at an hour a day · narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds.
Listen free with the trial →Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
19.9 hrs est. · about 20 days at an hour a day · narrated by Aedin Moloney.
Listen free with the trial →Dark Age by Pierce Brown
23.7 hrs est. · about 24 days at an hour a day · narrated by Rendah Heywood.
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The instrumentHow long to finish the whole series?
Based on 90 hours across all 5 books (some estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish all 5 in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 180 days |
| 1 hour / day | 90 days |
| 2 hours / day | 45 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 60 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 (23.7 hrs est.). Shortest: Red Rising (13.1 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, some estimated from page counts at a typical narration pace. Dataset build 2026-07-24; the list recomputes with every data refresh. Full methodology · All science fiction audiobooks we measured
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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 90 hours (estimated for some). At an hour a day that is roughly 90 days; at 1.5× speed about 60 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.
Can I listen to the Red Rising series free?
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