Audiobooks Like Billy Summers

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Paul Sparks narrates Stephen King's hitman novel with a flat, watchful quality that fits a protagonist who has built his whole survival strategy around not being noticed — the 17-hour runtime benefits from that stillness, which makes the moments of violence and psychological disruption more startling when they arrive. Sparks keeps Billy's interior monologue readable without softening it into something sympathetic it isn't quite. Three picks return to King's other novels with different narrators, and most of the rest sit in the same long-form psychological crime thriller range.

10 audiobooks for fans of Billy Summers

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    The Outsider

    Holly Gibney • Book 1

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Will Patton

    ★ 4.57 ABR Score (451.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (386.6K) ★ 4.57 Audible (64.6K)
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    Baseball coach Terry Maitland's impossible murder case—with evidence placing him in two locations simultaneously—launches detective Ralph Anderson into supernatural territory. Will Patton's gravelly voice perfectly captures both the procedural elements and growing cosmic dread.

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    Misery

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Lindsay Crouse

    ★ 4.73 ABR Score (859.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (847.7K) ★ 4.76 Audible (11.3K)
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    Novelist Paul Sheldon becomes prisoner to his "number one fan" Annie Wilkes after a car crash in rural Colorado. Lindsay Crouse's chilling performance makes Annie's manic devotion absolutely terrifying.

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    Only the Dead

    Terminal List • Book 6

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.82 ABR Score (32.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (24.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (8.6K)
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    Ray Porter's intense delivery matches James Reece uncovering a conspiracy that reaches from a 1980 congressman's murder to current global threats.

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    American Dirt

    by Jeanine Cummins

    Narrated by Yareli Arizmendi

    ★ 4.81 ABR Score (735.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (700.6K) ★ 4.72 Audible (35.1K)
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    Bookstore owner Lydia and her son flee Mexico after cartel violence destroys their family, joining migrants on the dangerous journey north. Arizmendi's bilingual narration honors the characters' experiences.

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    Red Sky Mourning

    Terminal List • Book 7

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.79 ABR Score (30.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (20.4K) ★ 4.84 Audible (9.8K)
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    Porter's commanding delivery intensifies the tension as James Reece confronts a rogue Chinese submarine and a tech mogul's quantum computing revolution.

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    True Believer

    Terminal List • Book 2

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.78 ABR Score (76.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (43.6K) ★ 4.8 Audible (32.9K)
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    Former Navy SEAL James Reece hunts terrorists across multiple continents after coordinated holiday attacks crash global markets, with detailed military action throughout.

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    Consent to Kill

    Mitch Rapp • Book 8

    by Vince Flynn

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.72 ABR Score (66.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (53.1K) ★ 4.73 Audible (13.6K)
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    Mitch Rapp's ruthless counterterrorism methods finally provoke retaliation when foreign agents target his personal life, forcing him to balance vengeance against protecting those he loves most.

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    Imitation in Death

    In Death • Book 17

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.71 ABR Score (37.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (32.8K) ★ 4.82 Audible (4.7K)
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    A killer studies history's most notorious serial murderers and recreates their crimes in 2059 New York, personally challenging Lieutenant Eve Dallas to a deadly game of identification.

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    Transfer of Power

    Mitch Rapp • Book 3

    by Vince Flynn

    Narrated by Nick Sullivan

    ★ 4.62 ABR Score (76.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (61.0K) ★ 4.61 Audible (15.0K)
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    Terrorists seize the White House in a brutal massacre, but they didn't count on CIA operative Mitch Rapp being inside during the assault.

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    New York to Dallas

    In Death • Book 33

    by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.61 ABR Score (39.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (34.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (4.8K)
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    Eve Dallas faces her past when the pedophile she captured as a rookie escapes from prison seeking revenge. Susan Ericksen's performance captures both Eve's professional competence and the personal trauma that shaped her career.

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