Get the story as an EPUB
Many authors share EPUB downloads on their Patreon or story page, and finished stories are often published as DRM-free ebooks. Any EPUB copy you legitimately have works.
Web fiction
Listen to Royal Road Stories as Audiobooks
Your favorite LitRPG and progression fantasy will almost never get an official audiobook. Turn story EPUBs into multi-voice audio instead — every character with their own voice.
From chapters on a screen to audio in your ears
Works for Royal Road exports, Patreon EPUBs, and any web novel you have as a file.
Upload it to Lyraboo
The AI reads the story, finds every character, and assigns each a distinct voice — which matters a lot in dialogue-heavy LitRPG and progression fantasy.
Listen on the go
Chapters, speed control, background playback. The first chapter is ready in about 1–2 minutes; the rest generates in the background while you listen.
Why web fiction deserves better than robot voice
Web novels are dialogue machines: party banter, system messages, inner monologue. Read by a single synthetic voice, all of that flattens into porridge. Lyraboo’s AI separates the narrator from the cast and gives each character a distinct voice, so a three-way argument in a dungeon actually sounds like three people arguing in a dungeon.
And since stories on Royal Road, Scribble Hub, or AO3 rarely get official audio, converting the EPUB yourself is realistically the only way to listen — official audiobooks exist for a tiny fraction of even the most popular web fiction.
The same three steps work for any book file — here’s the general guide: how to turn a book into an audiobook. Reading fics instead of serials? See how to listen to fanfiction from AO3.
Royal Road is a trademark of its respective owner. Lyraboo is an independent app and is not affiliated with Royal Road. Convert only copies you legitimately own or that authors have made available to you, and support the writers — Patreon EPUBs are a great way to do both.
Why listeners choose Lyraboo
The things people notice in the first chapter — and the reasons they stay.
Every character gets their own voice
Lyraboo’s AI finds every character in the book and casts a distinct voice for each — automatically, for every book. You always know who is speaking, and dialogue sounds like a real conversation instead of one narrator doing all the parts. Most reading and text-to-speech apps use one voice for everything.
The text follows along, like lyrics
Under the player, the book scrolls with the voice the way song lyrics do in Spotify: words light up as they are spoken, each line shows who says it, and tapping any word jumps there.
A player that feels like a music app
Chapters, speed from 0.25× to 3×, background playback with lock-screen controls, and it picks up exactly where you stopped.
Upload, and you are listening in minutes
Pick an EPUB, PDF or TXT and there is nothing to set up: the first chapter is ready in about one to two minutes, and the rest generate while you listen.
Any book you have, not just a catalogue
Novels, fanfiction and web-serial exports, indie ebooks, study PDFs — plus over 1,000 English classics already in the app.
Fair on cost
One free hour of listening every month, no card needed. Hours are spent once per chapter — replaying is always free.
Frequently Asked Questions
Doesn’t the Royal Road app already have text-to-speech?
It does, and it’s handy — but it uses your device’s built-in voice: one flat narrator for everything, tied to reading on screen. Converting the story to a real audiobook gives you distinct character voices, chapters, and hands-free listening for commutes and workouts.
Is this allowed?
Convert copies you legitimately have — author-provided EPUB downloads, Patreon rewards, or purchased ebook editions — for your own personal listening. Don’t redistribute the audio, and support the authors whose worlds you binge: many share EPUBs precisely as a Patreon perk.
Does it handle LitRPG stat blocks and tables?
Mostly yes — stat blocks read out as text. They sound a bit list-like (they are lists), but the story itself, especially dialogue, is where the multi-voice narration shines.
What about very long stories?
Web novels get big — that’s the point. Hours are spent only when a chapter is first generated, and replaying is always free, so a long story converts gradually as you actually listen, not all at once.
Does this work for fanfiction too?
Yes — any EPUB works the same way. Archives like AO3 offer EPUB downloads for every story, so fanfic converts just as easily as Royal Road exports.
Try Lyraboo on Android
Upload a book you own and let the app turn it into a multi-voice audiobook automatically.