10 audiobooks for fans of Dear Debbie
- 1
Never Lie
Narrated by Leslie Howard
★ 4.49 ABR Score (1.6M ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.44 Audible (18.9K)More about this pick
When a blizzard traps newlyweds in a missing psychiatrist's mansion, they discover therapy session recordings that reveal disturbing truths about their host's disappearance.
- 2
The Perfect Son
Narrated by Suzie Althens, Daniel Thomas May
★ 4.40 ABR Score (541.4K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (527.0K) ★ 4.43 Audible (14.3K)More about this pick
Police question teenager Liam about a missing classmate, forcing his mother Erika to confront disturbing possibilities. The dual narrators capture both maternal denial and creeping dread perfectly.
- 3
The Inmate
Narrated by Leslie Howard
★ 4.38 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.37 Audible (14.9K)More about this pick
Nurse practitioner Brooke starts working at a maximum-security prison, but she's hiding a dangerous secret connection to one of the inmates.
- 4
The Intruder
Narrated by Joe Hempel, Patricia Santomasso, Tina Wolstencroft
★ 4.36 ABR Score (374.7K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (366.4K) ★ 4.48 Audible (8.3K)More about this pick
Casey's wilderness retreat becomes a nightmare when she discovers a blood-covered girl outside her cabin during a fierce storm. The mysterious child won't explain her injuries or identity, leaving Casey to wonder if she's helping a victim or harboring something dangerous.
- 5
The Tenant
Narrated by Will Damron, Christine Lakin
★ 4.29 ABR Score (642.0K ratings)★ 3.83 Goodreads (631.5K) ★ 4.39 Audible (10.5K)More about this pick
Recently fired Blake rents a room to charming Whitney, but his financial desperation blinds him to his new tenant's true intentions and dangerous secrets.
- 6
The Surrogate Mother
Narrated by Alyson Krawchuk
★ 4.27 ABR Score (363.7K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (359.9K) ★ 4.39 Audible (3.8K)More about this pick
Desperate for a child, Abby accepts her assistant Monica's offer to be her surrogate—but Monica isn't who she claims to be. McFadden explores the vulnerable desperation of infertility while building toward her trademark psychological twists and revelations.
- 7
Do Not Disturb
Narrated by Megan Tusing, Daniel Thomas May
★ 4.26 ABR Score (382.8K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (381.5K) ★ 4.46 Audible (1.3K)More about this pick
When Quinn flees after committing an unthinkable crime, a snowstorm traps her at a decrepit motel with disturbing secrets. Megan Tusing and Daniel Thomas May switch perspectives seamlessly, building tension through their contrasting vocal styles.
- 8
The Ex
Narrated by Nicol Zanzarella
★ 4.24 ABR Score (190.2K ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (184.4K) ★ 4.38 Audible (5.8K)More about this pick
Cassie thinks she's found the perfect boyfriend until his ex-girlfriend Francesca starts making her life hell. Nicol Zanzarella captures the escalating paranoia as Cassie questions everyone's motives in this domestic thriller.
- 9
Do You Remember?
Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt
★ 4.20 ABR Score (170.3K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (165.5K) ★ 4.3 Audible (4.7K)More about this pick
McFadden's memory-loss thriller gets Teri Schnaubelt's careful pacing as Tess wakes up daily to discover she can't recognize her own husband.
- 10
One by One
Narrated by Alyson Krawchuk
Why this book?
McFadden delivers the same claustrophobic dread and unreliable narrator twists that made Dear Debbie compelling, with One by One trapping listeners in an isolated setting where paranoia and hidden motives escalate with each revelation. Alyson Krawchuk's intimate narration captures the psychological unraveling as effectively as the multi-narrator cast of the first book, making this a natural continuation of McFadden's mastery of domestic horror.
★ 4.13 ABR Score (474.7K ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (470.9K) ★ 4.22 Audible (3.8K)More about this pick
Claire's vacation turns into a survival nightmare when their minivan breaks down in the wilderness and her traveling companions start dying. The isolated setting and mounting paranoia create perfect psychological thriller territory as trust dissolves completely.
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