Audiobooks Like From a Buick 8

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If you loved From a Buick 8 by Stephen King, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of James Rebhorn's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of From a Buick 8

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    The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes cover

    The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY

    by John Joseph Adams, Stephen King, Robert J. Sawyer, Michael Moorcock, Sharyn McCrumb, Stephen Baxter, Anne Perry, Barbara Hambly, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Rob Rogers, Naomi Novik, Anthony Burgess, Dominic Green, Laurie R. King, Barbara Roden, Tim Lebbon, Peter Tremayne, Bradley H. Sinor, Edward D. Hoch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Robinette Kowal, H. Paul Jeffers, Geoffrey A. Landis, Amy Myers, Chris Roden, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Mark Valentine

    Narrated by Simon Vance, Anne Flosnik

    3.88 ABR Score (23.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (22.7K) ★ 3.96 Audible (736)
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    Twenty-five years of the best Holmes short fiction gets collected, featuring Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and other masters reimagining the detective across genres. Simon Vance and Anne Flosnik handle the varied styles with appropriate range.

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    [Dolores Claiborne] [By: King, Stephen] [July, 2011] cover

    [Dolores Claiborne] [By: King, Stephen] [July, 2011]

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Frances Sternhagen

    4.54 ABR Score (177.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (172.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (5.0K)
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    Dolores confesses thirty years of secrets after her employer's suspicious death, revealing the truth about her husband's demise during a solar eclipse. Frances Sternhagen inhabits Dolores completely, making her Maine accent and fierce determination absolutely authentic.

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    Desperation in Death

    In Death • Book 55

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.84 ABR Score (31.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (26.8K) ★ 4.84 Audible (5.0K)
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    Eve discovers a nightmare academy where kidnapped girls are trained as slaves while their spirits are systematically destroyed. Dark subject matter handled with Ericksen's steady, unflinching performance.

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    Portrait in Death cover

    Portrait in Death

    In Death • Book 16

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.75 ABR Score (46.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (42.3K) ★ 4.83 Audible (4.0K)
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    A killer photographs victims after death, sending professional portraits to the media in this chilling entry where Eve Dallas hunts a murderer obsessed with capturing souls through his lens.

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    Survivor in Death

    In Death • Book 20

    by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.75 ABR Score (40.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (35.7K) ★ 4.81 Audible (4.6K)
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    Eve Dallas investigates the military-precision murder of an entire family, but the sole survivor—a traumatized nine-year-old—may be the only witness to an impossible crime.

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    Reunion in Death

    In Death • Book 14

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.72 ABR Score (36.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (32.6K) ★ 4.81 Audible (4.1K)
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    A birthday party becomes a murder scene when a mysterious woman with emerald eyes poisons the guest of honor, launching Eve Dallas into a case that resurrects dangerous ghosts from her past.

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    Innocent in Death

    In Death • Book 24

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.70 ABR Score (37.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (34.6K) ★ 4.8 Audible (3.2K)
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    A history teacher dies from poisoned coffee while Eve investigates and Roarke reconnects with a dangerous ex-lover. Susan Ericksen captures the domestic tension between Eve and Roarke alongside the methodical police procedural elements.

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    Brotherhood in Death

    In Death • Book 42

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.70 ABR Score (37.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (30.5K) ★ 4.75 Audible (6.6K)
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    Dennis Mira discovers his cousin secretly plans to sell their family brownstone, then wakes up with a head injury and his cousin missing. Susan Ericksen guides listeners through Eve's investigation with her trademark steady intensity.

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    Seduction in Death cover

    Seduction in Death

    In Death • Book 13

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.69 ABR Score (37.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (33.7K) ★ 4.8 Audible (4.0K)
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    Eve Dallas tracks a killer using rare date-rape drugs worth a quarter million dollars to murder women after elaborate romantic setups.

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    Origin in Death cover

    Origin in Death

    In Death • Book 21

    by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.69 ABR Score (35.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (31.9K) ★ 4.79 Audible (3.4K)
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    Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a pioneering plastic surgeon in 2059 New York, uncovering a conspiracy involving illegal human experimentation. Susan Ericksen's sharp delivery fits the futuristic police procedural perfectly.

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