Mother of Learning Audiobook: 4 Arcs, 97 Hours, One Voice

The Mother of Learning audiobook is four arcs on Audible, all read by Jack Voraces and published by Podium Audio, for a total of 97 hours 30 minutes. The story is finished: Royal Road marks nobody103's time-loop novel COMPLETED, and the last audio arc came out on April 4, 2023. Below are the length, release date and rating of each arc as of October 10, 2026, plus what listeners say about the narration.

TL;DR: Listen to Arc 1 to Arc 4 in order, about 97.5 hours in total, all narrated by Jack Voraces. The series is complete in text and audio. If you would rather read, the full story is still free on Royal Road.

Key Takeaways

• 4 audiobooks, 1 narrator: Jack Voraces on all four arcs, Podium Audio.
• 97 h 30 m in total, from 22 h 12 m (Arc 4) to 27 h 12 m (Arc 3).
• Finished: COMPLETED on Royal Road (109 chapters); all four arcs out since April 4, 2023.
• Ratings climb: Arc 1 has 4.61 on Audible, Arc 4 has 4.89.
• Free option: the author keeps the full text on Royal Road and Fictionpress.

Overview

Mother of Learning is a time-loop progression fantasy by Domagoj Kurmaić, who posts as nobody103. Its Royal Road page tags it Time Loop, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery and Magic. The author's note gives the history: "The story was originally posted on fictionpress, back in 2011. When I reached chapter 91, I started uploading the story to RoyalRoad, one chapter per day."

Readers name it most when they want a finished story: it was second, with 20 comments, in the threads behind our books like Cradle list, and it is among the honorable mentions in our best LitRPG audiobooks ranking, also with 20 comments.

Cover: Audible product page (Podium Audio)

Every Mother of Learning Audiobook in Order

Lengths, release dates and ratings are from each arc's Audible page; the Kindle page count and date are from Amazon. All checked October 10, 2026.

From Arc 2 on, the audiobook came out on the same day as the Kindle edition. Arc 1's audio followed the ebook by 20 days. Audible's series page lists "4 books in series" and shows 10,292 ratings across them; we found no box set. Podium's own page gives Arc 3 one minute more (27 hr 13 min); our total uses Audible's figures.

Cover: Audible product page (Podium Audio)

Step-by-Step: How to Start Mother of Learning on Audio

1. Start with Arc 1: 22 hours 55 minutes. It is the lowest-rated arc on Audible (4.61), and one listener quoted below calls the first book a slow start.

2. Continue with Arcs 2, 3 and 4: each is one audiobook, so there is nothing else to fit in between.

3. Sample before you buy: if you are unsure about the narration, the free text on Royal Road lets you try the story first, and the Audible page has a sample of Jack Voraces.

4. After Arc 4, the story is over: the Royal Road chapter list ends with an epilogue and an afterword, then a note that a new story, Zenith of Sorcery, is out.

Cover: Audible product page (Podium Audio)

The Narration: What Listeners Say

Jack Voraces's reading divides people more than the story does, and the split is mostly about the first arc. In a March 2026 r/litrpg thread asking for audiobook recommendations, u/Mitchellbaggins wrote: "The audiobook for mother of learning by nobody103 is crazy good! Slow start on the first book but overall super well crafted and very imaginative soft magic system" (comment, March 13, 2026).

A 2024 listener, u/yumedayo, liked how the voice handles the main character: "The narrator does a great job of making the MC unlikeable in the beginning (which he is), but seeing the growth has been really good!" (comment, June 5, 2024). Not everyone gets that far: u/Ecstatic_Pick7321 wrote: "Ive tried listening to mother of learning like 4 times. Ive never made it to the time rewind haha"(comment, August 24, 2026).

Cover: Audible product page (Podium Audio)

Our take

Based on the facts above, Mother of Learning is one of the safest long listens in progression fantasy if you want an ending: four audiobooks, one narrator, and a story its own page marks completed. The risk is front-loaded. Arc 1 is the lowest-rated arc on Audible and the one listeners call slow, while Arcs 2 to 4 sit at 4.81 and above. If you bounce off the opening, the free Royal Road text is a cheap way to check whether the problem is the story or the narration before you spend a credit. For more finished series of this kind, our Mark of the Fool reading order covers a ten-book school-magic series that ended in 2025.

How we checked this

On October 10, 2026 we opened the Audible product page for each of the four arcs (structured data: length, release date, narrator, publisher, rating) and the Audible series page, Podium's title pages for Arcs 1, 3 and 4, Amazon's Kindle pages for all four arcs (publication date, print length), the Goodreads series page, and the Royal Road fiction page (status, chapter list, followers, author's note). The Reddit comments were copied from thread data we saved that day. The total and the 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; the lines it flagged were fixed before publication.

Related Reading

• Books like He Who Fights with Monsters: where Mother of Learning shows up for readers who want an ending.
• Cradle series reading order: another finished progression series with one narrator.
• All audiobook guides

Frequently Asked Questions

Who narrates the Mother of Learning audiobook? Jack Voraces, on all four arcs.

How long is the Mother of Learning audiobook? 97 hours 30 minutes in total.

In what order should I listen to Mother of Learning? Arc 1 to Arc 4.

Is Mother of Learning finished? Yes, COMPLETED on Royal Road, all four arcs out.

Can I read Mother of Learning for free? Yes, on Royal Road and Fictionpress.

References

• Audible: Mother of Learning series
• Audible: Mother of Learning Arc 1
• Audible: Mother of Learning Arc 4
• Podium Entertainment: Mother of Learning Arc 1
• Amazon: Mother of Learning Arc 1 (Kindle)
• Goodreads: Mother of Learning series
• Royal Road: Mother of Learning
• Kickstarter: Mother of Learning physical edition