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Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman's LitRPG series, first posted as a web serial and now published in print by Ace, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Jeff Hays narrates every audiobook; some books add guest voices.
- Books
- 8
- Status
- No next date
- Audio
- 159 h 22 m
- Narrators
- 5
- Pages
- 5,168
- Checked
Penguin Random House lists the series as "Book 8 of 8". Matt Dinniman's news page gave no book 9 date as of October 10, 2026.
Quest log
Every Dungeon Crawler Carl book in order
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| Read | # | Title | Ace / PRH edition | Pages | Audible release | Audible length | Narrators | Goodreads (Oct 10, 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dungeon Crawler Carl | Dec 30, 2025 (paperback) | 480 | Jan 28, 2021 | 13 h 31 m | Jeff Hays | 4.42 from 668k | |
| 2 | Carl's Doomsday Scenario | Aug 4, 2026 (paperback) | 400 | Apr 22, 2021 | 11 h 28 m | Jeff Hays | 4.47 from 444k | |
| 3 | The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook | Oct 22, 2024 (hardcover) | 544 | May 14, 2021 | 16 h 54 m | Jeff Hays, The Critical Drinker | 4.37 from 363k | |
| 4 | The Gate of the Feral Gods | Mar 11, 2025 (hardcover) | 608 | Sep 16, 2021 | 18 h 3 m | Jeff Hays | 4.52 from 298k | |
| 5 | The Butcher's Masquerade | Apr 8, 2025 (hardcover) | 720 | May 26, 2022 | 23 h 33 m | Jeff Hays | 4.68 from 255k | |
| 6 | The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | May 13, 2025 (hardcover) | 832 | Sep 1, 2023 | 26 h 46 m | Jeff Hays, Patrick Warburton, Travis Baldree, Annie Ellicott | 4.63 from 217k | |
| 7 | This Inevitable Ruin | Sep 23, 2025 (hardcover) | 880 | Feb 11, 2025 | 28 h 40 m | Jeff Hays, Travis Baldree | 4.66 from 179k | |
| 8 | A Parade of Horribles | May 12, 2026 (hardcover) | 704 | May 12, 2026 | 20 h 27 m | Jeff Hays | 4.60 from 128k |
- Book 1 was first published on September 21, 2020 (Matt Dinniman's site); the Ace paperback date above is the current Penguin Random House edition.
- Book 4 also has a large-print paperback (August 26, 2025, 848 pages).
Guides
Our Dungeon Crawler Carl guides
Reading order
Dungeon Crawler Carl Reading Order: All 8 Books in OrderAudiobook guide
Dungeon Crawler Carl Audiobook Guide: 8 Books, 159 HoursWhat to read next
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Sources
How we checked this
Every date, page count, length and rating above comes from the source table behind our Dungeon Crawler Carl guide, read on the official pages below on . Totals are our own sums of the main books. Ratings are the Goodreads averages on that date, not our scores. No plot details.