Audiobooks Like Interview with the Vampire

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Simon Vance voices Louis's confession with a measured, almost courtly weariness that suits a vampire who has lived long enough to find his own damnation tedious — across 14 hours the gothic excess never tips into camp because Vance keeps it at the register of genuine sorrow. Three more Vance narrations appear in the recommendations, and the list gathers the classic vampire canon alongside horror anthologies where that same quality of eternal, atmospheric dread is the consistent thread.

10 audiobooks for fans of Interview with the Vampire

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    Fangs

    Vampire Archives • Book 2

    by Otto Penzler, Kim Newman, Clive Barker, Anne Rice, Arthur Conan Doyle, Erik Davies

    Narrated by Peter Altschuler, Scott Brick, Susan Denaker, Susan Duerden, Stephen Hoye, Carrington MacDuffie, Robin Sachs, Simon Vance, Bob Walter, Steve West

    3.62 ABR Score (228 ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (160) ★ 4.09 Audible (68)
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    Vampire anthology featuring Clive Barker, Anne Rice, and Arthur Conan Doyle gets atmospheric treatment from a full cast including Robin Sachs and Simon Vance.

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    Dracula

    by Bram Stoker

    Narrated by Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley

    4.67 ABR Score (1.5M ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.61 Audible (37.6K)
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    Stoker's epistolary vampire classic comes alive through a full cast including Tim Curry and Alan Cumming, each voice adding texture to the unfolding Gothic horror.

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    Bloodsuckers: The Vampire Archives

    Vampire Archives • Book 1

    by Otto Penzler, Stephen King, Tanith Lee, Dan Simmons, Bram Stoker, Neil Gaiman - preface, Otto Penzler

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Fred Sanders, Mark Deakens, Susan Duerden, Simon Vance, Marc Cashman, Stephen Hoye, Allyson Ryan

    3.42 ABR Score (461 ratings)
    ★ 3.47 Goodreads (322) ★ 3.61 Audible (139)
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    This comprehensive vampire anthology spans from Stoker to Stephen King, exploring every facet of undead horror across centuries. Eight different narrators including Scott Brick and Simon Vance tackle the diverse collection.

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    The Shining

    The Shining • Book 1

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Campbell Scott

    4.92 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (1.7M) ★ 4.75 Audible (41.5K)
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    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.

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    Pet Sematary

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Michael C. Hall

    4.82 ABR Score (738.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (708.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (29.8K)
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    Dr. Louis Creed discovers that the pet cemetery behind his new home can bring the dead back to life—but they return fundamentally wrong. Hall's chilling performance amplifies King's most disturbing novel.

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    All the Stars in the Sky

    Until the End of the World • Book 3

    by Sarah Lyons Fleming

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    4.77 ABR Score (8.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.56 Goodreads (5.0K) ★ 4.81 Audible (3.7K)
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    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.

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    Well Fed

    Mountain Man • Book 4

    by Keith C. Blackmore

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.75 ABR Score (12.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.82 Audible (10.0K)
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    Four years after the outbreak, Gus enjoys peaceful farm life until road savages shatter his routine. Bray's gruff portrayal shows how quickly domestic tranquility can collapse into highway warfare.

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    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)
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    Young Regan's demonic possession grows more disturbing as the author himself narrates his own tale of spiritual warfare in Georgetown.

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    Exodus

    Arisen • Book 5

    by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.61 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.78 Audible (3.0K)
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    The world's last aircraft carrier prepares for a massive zombie horde assault on its flight deck in what becomes a modern Stalingrad. Bray's tactical narration intensifies every desperate defensive moment.

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    Full Dark, No Stars

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Craig Wasson, Jessica Hecht

    4.36 ABR Score (127.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (118.6K) ★ 4.4 Audible (9.3K)
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    Four novellas explore the stranger lurking inside ordinary people—a farmer who murders his wife, a writer stalked by her biggest fan, a man seeking supernatural revenge. Wasson and Hecht capture the slow-burn dread as decent folks discover their capacity for evil.

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