10 audiobooks for fans of Home Before Dark
- 1
The Stand
by Stephen King
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.91 ABR Score (922.6K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (841.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (81.1K)More about this pick
After a plague wipes out most of humanity, survivors choose between Mother Abagail's godly Boulder and Randall Flagg's sinister Las Vegas. Grover Gardner's narration spans this epic battle between good and evil.
- 2
Occultation and Other Stories
by Laird Barron, Michael Shea
Narrated by David Drummond
★ 3.96 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.2 Audible (730)More about this pick
Laird Barron's cosmic horror stories channel Lovecraft and Ligotti through a modern lens, creating tales that have earned multiple award nominations and critical acclaim.
- 3
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
by Laird Barron
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 3.88 ABR Score (6.0K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.09 Audible (1.3K)More about this pick
Barron's cosmic horror stories blend supernatural dread with noir sensibilities and scientific speculation. Ray Porter's delivery enhances the collection's unsettling atmosphere without overdoing the darkness.
- 4
The Dinosaur Tourist
by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Narrated by Neil Hellegers, Xe Sands, Tavia Gilbert, Lisa Flanagan, Paul Woodson, Lauren Ezzo, Kevin Kenerly, Chelsea Stephens
★ 3.57 ABR Score (142 ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (138) ★ 4.75 Audible (4)More about this pick
A stellar ensemble cast elevates Kiernan's unsettling short fiction collection, with each narrator embodying the creeping wrongness that makes these nineteen tales linger long after they end.
- 5
The Shining
The Shining • Book 1
by Stephen King
Narrated by Campbell Scott
★ 4.93 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (1.7M) ★ 4.75 Audible (41.5K)More about this pick
Jack Torrance's winter isolation at the Overlook Hotel awakens both the building's malevolent spirits and his own capacity for violence, with Campbell Scott's chilling performance.
- 6
It
by Stephen King
Narrated by Steven Weber
★ 4.89 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.72 Audible (64.9K)More about this pick
Steven Weber's performance across 45 hours makes Derry feel like a real place you'd never want to visit, switching effortlessly between the Losers as kids and adults.
- 7
All the Stars in the Sky
Until the End of the World • Book 3
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.77 ABR Score (8.7K ratings)★ 4.56 Goodreads (5.0K) ★ 4.81 Audible (3.7K)More about this pick
Cassie's final journey through the zombie apocalypse tests everything she believes about hope and survival. Julia Whelan captures both the character's hard-won optimism and underlying fragility beautifully.
- 8
The Exorcist
The Exorcist • Book 1
by William Peter Blatty
Narrated by William Peter Blatty, Eliana Shaskan
★ 4.73 ABR Score (284.0K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (274.5K) ★ 4.71 Audible (9.5K)More about this pick
Young Regan's demonic possession grows more disturbing as the author himself narrates his own tale of spiritual warfare in Georgetown.
- 9
Make Me King
Mountain Man • Book 5
Narrated by R.C. Bray
★ 4.69 ABR Score (7.8K ratings)★ 4.43 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.83 Audible (6.3K)More about this pick
R.C. Bray transforms this post-apocalyptic power struggle into something genuinely gripping—his vocal range makes every faction feel distinct, and the tension between survival and ambition hits harder through audio than it would on the page.
- 10
And After
Until the End of the World • Book 2
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.64 ABR Score (9.2K ratings)★ 4.43 Goodreads (5.4K) ★ 4.71 Audible (3.8K)More about this pick
Cassie's peaceful life at Kingdom Come Farm shatters when Safe Zones across the country start vanishing and zombie hordes multiply. Julia Whelan captures both the domestic tranquility and creeping dread with equal skill.
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