10 audiobooks for fans of Let Me In
- 1
Handling the Undead
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Narrated by Steven Pacey
★ 3.43 ABR Score (13.9K ratings)★ 3.49 Goodreads (13.6K) ★ 3.67 Audible (277)More about this pick
During a Stockholm heatwave, electronics malfunction and the recently dead begin awakening in morgues throughout the city. Steven Pacey's atmospheric reading captures Lindqvist's eerie blend of zombie horror with Scandinavian bleakness and family drama.
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The Ghosts of Sleath
David Ash • Book 2
by James Herbert
Narrated by Steven Pacey
★ 3.83 ABR Score (5.1K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (5.0K) ★ 4.22 Audible (88)More about this pick
Steven Pacey transforms Herbert's haunted village mystery into pure atmospheric dread—his voice shifts between investigator skepticism and creeping unease so convincingly you'll feel the terror seeping through Sleath's fog.
- 3
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)More about this pick
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.
- 4
Well Fed
Mountain Man • Book 4
Narrated by R.C. Bray
★ 4.75 ABR Score (12.5K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.82 Audible (10.0K)More about this pick
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.
- 5
Doctor Sleep
The Shining • Book 2
by Stephen King
Narrated by Will Patton
★ 4.74 ABR Score (340.3K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (300.4K) ★ 4.68 Audible (40.0K)More about this pick
Adult Danny Torrance battles his alcoholism while protecting a psychic girl from soul-eating nomads called the True Knot. Will Patton's weathered narration perfectly suits this darker, more grounded sequel to The Shining.
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Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
Narrated by Ron McLarty, Joe Hill
★ 4.64 ABR Score (695.6K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (667.2K) ★ 4.58 Audible (28.4K)More about this pick
When vampires invade a small Maine town, King's slow-burn horror unfolds through everyday people fighting an ancient evil spreading house by house.
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Christine
by Stephen King, Marie Milpois
Narrated by Holter Graham
★ 4.58 ABR Score (271.2K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (265.6K) ★ 4.74 Audible (5.6K)More about this pick
King's tale of a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury destroying a teenager's life gets Holter Graham's pitch-perfect narration, capturing both Arnie's transformation and the car's malevolent personality.
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This Book Is Full of Spiders
John Dies at the End • Book 2
by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Narrated by Nick Podehl
★ 4.56 ABR Score (42.0K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (34.6K) ★ 4.59 Audible (7.3K)More about this pick
David and John battle an invasion of mind-controlling spiders while their town gets quarantined by the government. Nick Podehl balances cosmic horror with comedy gold, perfectly capturing Wong's blend of existential dread and ridiculous humor.
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Interview with the Vampire
The Vampire Chronicles • Book 1
by Anne Rice
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.49 ABR Score (667.7K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (655.2K) ★ 4.5 Audible (12.5K)More about this pick
Simon Vance's performance transforms Rice's gothic confession into something hypnotic—his voice captures both the seductive languor and existential despair of a vampire's immortality with unsettling precision.
- 10
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)More about this pick
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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