Want to hear Jeff Hays narrate Dungeon Crawler Carl while you follow the words on the page? Start with the same book in both formats, line up a sentence, and pick a speed you can comfortably follow. Carl has enough problems. Finding your place does not need to become one of them.
Start with the original audiobook and the same book
For book one, the original unabridged audiobook is narrated by Jeff Hays. You can follow along with an ebook or print copy. Matt Dinniman’s official book-one page links to both the ebook and the audiobook if you want to check which versions you are choosing.
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Open the book and cue the audio to the same chapter. If you are starting in the middle, find a sentence you can recognize on the page before you hit play. This is a manual read-along: you are following the text while the audio plays, rather than relying on automatic page highlighting.
The Audio Immersion Tunnel is a different version
Soundbooth Theater’s Audio Immersion Tunnel is a dramatization with a full cast, sound effects, music and bonus material that is not in the original books. It follows the story, but it is a different production from the original audiobook. For a straightforward read-along, start with the original narration.
Print editions can have extras, too. Penguin Random House’s book-one listing includes the first part of an exclusive bonus story. An extra section in your printed book does not necessarily mean you opened the wrong audiobook.
Find a speed where you can still follow the words
Try a page at your normal listening speed first, then move it up a little if you want. You can try 2×, but there is no need to jump straight there. If the narrator gets ahead of you or you miss a paragraph, slow the audio down. If you keep reading ahead, try a slightly faster setting or pause your eyes and listen for a moment.
The point is to enjoy the scene. Nobody is handing out loot for finishing a chapter fastest.
Use a sentence to get back in sync
If the page and audio get out of step, pause and find the last line you remember hearing. If that turns into a scavenger hunt, reset both to the beginning of the chapter. Before you stop for the night, bookmark the page and note the audio timestamp so you can return to the same spot.
For the reading order and more ways into the series, start with my Dungeon Crawler Carl hub.
