Reading Order
Mage Tank Reading Order: All 5 Books, Book 6 and Audio
The Mage Tank reading order is five numbered books by Cornman, from Mage Tank (March 4, 2025) to Mage Tank 5 (July 22, 2026), with Mage Tank 6 on Kindle pre-order for March 17, 2027. Daniel Wisniewski narrates all five audiobooks. Below are Aethon's dates and page counts, the Audible lengths and ratings for each book, and what we know about book 6, as of October 10, 2026. No spoilers past the book 1 blurb.
TL;DR: Read books 1 to 5 in order. All five are out in ebook and audio, about 106 hours of Daniel Wisniewski in total. Book 6 is on Kindle pre-order for March 17, 2027, and the author is posting its chapters on Royal Road now. No audio date for book 6 yet.
Key Takeaways
- 5 books out, a sixth coming: Audible lists 5 books; Amazon has book 6 on pre-order as "Book 6 of 6" for March 17, 2027.
- One narrator: Daniel Wisniewski on all five Audible editions, 106 hours 21 minutes by our sum.
- Fast schedule: the first five ebooks came out in under 17 months, 92 to 175 days apart.
- Ratings climb: Audible averages go from 4.58 for book 1 to 4.81 for book 5.
- Built for DCC fans: Aethon's own blurb names Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Overview
Mage Tank is an isekai LitRPG series by Cornman, published by Aethon Books, with audiobooks from Aethon Audio. Aethon's blurb for book 1 is a pitch in one line: "A hilarious new Isekai LitRPG adventure perfect for fans of Dungeon Crawler Carl and Full Murderhobo." The Royal Road version is posted by Cornman8700 and notes: "Co-authored by Sir Raiu Koren."
DCC readers take the hint. Mage Tank came seventh in the Reddit threads behind our books like Dungeon Crawler Carl list (37 comments) and sixth among the series audiobook listeners named for our best LitRPG audiobooks list (52 comments).
Cover: Aethon Books
Every Mage Tank Book in Order
"Ebook" is the publication date and page count on Aethon's book page. "Audiobook" is the Audible release date and length. Ratings are as shown on Audible and on the Goodreads series page, October 10, 2026.
| # | Title | Ebook | Pages (Aethon) | Audiobook | Length | Audible rating | Goodreads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mage Tank | Mar 4, 2025 | 736 | Mar 4, 2025 | 20 h 37 m | 4.58 (2,485) | 4.23 (3,894) |
| 2 | Mage Tank 2 | Jun 4, 2025 | 694 | Jun 11, 2025 | 19 h 27 m | 4.75 (1,342) | 4.32 (2,160) |
| 3 | Mage Tank 3 | Sep 17, 2025 | 662 | Sep 17, 2025 | 23 h 5 m | 4.75 (1,295) | 4.32 (1,521) |
| 4 | Mage Tank 4 | Jan 28, 2026 | 756 | Apr 22, 2026 | 20 h 45 m | 4.78 (931) | 4.37 (1,095) |
| 5 | Mage Tank 5 | Jul 22, 2026 | 805 | Aug 11, 2026 | 22 h 27 m | 4.81 (741) | 4.35 (652) |
| 6 | Mage Tank 6 | Mar 17, 2027 (Amazon pre-order) | not listed | not listed | not listed | none yet | expected 2027 |
Book 5 is the longest at 805 pages; book 3 the shortest at 662. For book 4, Amazon's Kindle page gives 720 pages against Aethon's 756; the table uses Aethon's. By Aethon's counts, books 1 to 5 add up to 3,653 pages.
Cover: Aethon Books
Step-by-Step: How to Read Mage Tank
1. Start with book 1: Mage Tank, 736 pages on Aethon's page or 20 hours 37 minutes on Audible.
2. Read books 2 to 5 in number order: Aethon's series page lists books 1 to 5 with nothing in between, and Audible's series page has the same five.
3. Pre-order book 6 if you want it on day one: Amazon lists Mage Tank 6: A LitRPG Adventure for March 17, 2027, at $6.99.
4. Or read ahead on Royal Road: the author's description says "Currently posting chapters for book 6!"
The Audiobooks
Daniel Wisniewski narrates all five audiobooks on Audible, published by Aethon Audio. By our sum of Audible's lengths they run 106 hours 21 minutes, about 21 hours 16 minutes per book. Book 3 is the longest (23 hours 5 minutes) and book 2 the shortest (19 hours 27 minutes).
The audio usually comes out close to the ebook. Books 1 and 3 had same-day audio, book 2 followed by 7 days and book 5 by 20 days. Book 4 was the slow one: 84 days, from January 28 to April 22, 2026. Ratings rise across the run, from 4.58 for book 1 to 4.81 for book 5, though on fewer ratings (2,485 down to 741).
For listeners coming from Dungeon Crawler Carl, the narrator is the main draw in reader threads (see below). Our Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobook guide covers Jeff Hays's side of that comparison.
Cover: Audible product page (Aethon Audio)
Mage Tank 6: What We Know
Here is what each source said on October 10, 2026:
- Amazon: a Kindle page for Mage Tank 6: A LitRPG Adventure, publisher Aethon, "Publication date March 17, 2027", priced at $6.99 for pre-order, labeled "Book 6 of 6". Amazon's author search shows the same line: "This title will be released on March 17, 2027."
- Goodreads: the series page counts "6 primary works" and lists book 6 as "expected publication 2027".
- Aethon: no book 6 page yet (the address returned a 404). Its series page still shows books 1 to 5 under a "The Complete Series" heading, which no longer matches the pre-order.
- Audible: no book 6 listing; the series page shows 5 books.
- Royal Road: "Currently posting chapters for book 6!"
March 17, 2027 would be 238 days after book 5's July 22, 2026 ebook, a longer gap than any between books 1 and 5. For those five books the audio came between the same day and 84 days after the ebook; for book 6, no audio date has been announced. You can track the ebook date on our release calendar.
Cover: Aethon Books
Reading It on Royal Road
The Royal Road page (fiction 76463) carries the label "Original STUB" and keeps 43 chapters in its table of contents; the newest was "395 - The Mimic's New Clothes" when we checked. The description is a short status note from the author: "Books 1 - 4 are on Kindle and Audible. Book 5 comes out near the end of July (date subject to shenanigans)… Currently posting chapters for book 6!" Book 5 did arrive on July 22, 2026.
The page showed 7,843 followers, 2,943 favorites, 2,207 ratings, 573,251 total views and an overall rating of 4.58 on October 10, 2026.
What Readers Say
The humor and the narrator come up most. In a January 2026 r/litrpg thread asking for something like DCC and HWFWM, u/Phog_of_War wrote: "Mage Tank is pretty good and has made me lol quite a few times so far in Book 1." (comment, January 13, 2026). A month later, answering an audiobook listener, u/HRage19 was direct: "If you like Dungeon crawler Carl, listen to Mage Tank. Very similar narration style and quality." (comment, February 25, 2026).
And in a September 2026 thread about The Primal Hunter (see our Primal Hunter reading order), u/RedCoatSus, in a comment with 153 points, described listening to book 5: "I was just thinking about this earlier today actually as I was listening to Mage Tank 5. ... Daniel Wisniewski’s talent as a narrator lulls me into this semi hypnotized fugue state and I found myself enjoying listening to it." (comment, September 20, 2026).
Tips Before You Start
- It is a comedy first. Aethon sells it as "hilarious", and the reader comments above agree; if you want grim progression, this is not it.
- Book 4 page counts differ. Aethon says 756, Amazon 720; the story is the same book.
- Listeners can binge now. All five audiobooks are out, so there is no audio wait until book 6.
- Spoilers: threads about book 5 are recent (August 2026 audio); avoid them until you finish.
Our take
Based on the facts above, Mage Tank moves fast: five books in under 17 months, each audiobook close behind its ebook, and one narrator throughout. At about 106 hours of audio it is half of Mark of the Fool's 207 and about a quarter of Defiance of the Fall's 398, so you can catch up before book 6 arrives in March 2027. The Audible averages also rise as you go, from 4.58 for book 1 to 4.81 for book 5. If you came for Dungeon Crawler Carl's humor and audio, this is the pick both Aethon's blurb and the readers quoted above point you to; if you want a finished story, look elsewhere for now, because book 6 is already on the way.
How we checked this
On October 10, 2026 we opened Aethon's series page and the book pages for books 1 to 5 (and the missing book 6 page), Amazon's Kindle pages for books 1 to 6 and Amazon's author search, the Audible product page for each of the five audiobooks (re-checked the same day for narrator and publisher) and the Audible series page, the Goodreads series page, the Royal Road fiction page, and the LitRPG Radar book 6 page. The Reddit comments were copied from thread data we saved that day. Totals, averages and day counts are our own arithmetic. A site-agent then compared every number in this article with our source table and re-opened the key pages, and the lines it flagged were fixed before publication.
Related Reading
- The Wandering Inn reading order: the other end of the scale, 19 audiobooks and 776 hours.
- Books like He Who Fights with Monsters: Mage Tank was named in 5 of those threads.
- Mark of the Fool reading order: another Aethon series, finished at ten books.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Mage Tank reading order? Books 1 to 5 in number order; book 6 is due March 17, 2027.
How many Mage Tank books are there? Five out, a sixth on pre-order.
When does Mage Tank 6 come out? March 17, 2027, per Amazon's Kindle page.
Who narrates the Mage Tank audiobooks? Daniel Wisniewski, on all five.
Is Mage Tank like Dungeon Crawler Carl? Its publisher's blurb and the readers quoted above say so.
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