Audiobooks Like Night Film

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Jake Weber narrates Night Film with an investigative journalist's controlled intensity — the 23-hour listen about obsession and disappearance benefits from a narrator who can sustain paranoia at a slow burn without letting it tip into the unhinged, keeping the listener in the same uncomfortable not-knowing as the protagonist. Three recommendations are award-winners at comparable long runtimes, pointing toward dark psychological thrillers where atmosphere and the act of investigation matter as much as resolution.

10 audiobooks for fans of Night Film

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    The Cartel

    Power of the Dog • Book 2

    by Don Winslow

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.61 ABR Score (49.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (39.5K) ★ 4.63 Audible (10.3K)
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    DEA agent Art Keller wages a thirty-year blood feud against cartel leader Adán Barrera across the Mexican-American drug wars.

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    The Power of the Dog

    Power of the Dog • Book 1

    by Don Winslow

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.58 ABR Score (59.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (49.4K) ★ 4.57 Audible (10.1K)
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    Winslow chronicles thirty years of DEA agent Art Keller's obsessive war against Mexican cartels, following multiple characters through corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge across the drug trade.

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    Full Force and Effect

    Jack Ryan • Book 10

    by Mark Greaney, Tom Clancy

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.57 ABR Score (22.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (13.1K) ★ 4.65 Audible (9.5K)
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    North Korea launches an ICBM while a CIA officer dies in Vietnam, leaving Jack Ryan Jr. to assemble puzzle pieces with international stakes in this Clancy thriller.

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    Presumed Guilty

    Kindle County Legal Thriller • Book 13

    by Scott Turow

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    4.45 ABR Score (14.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (13.4K) ★ 4.62 Audible (1.1K)
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    Retired judge Rusty Sabich attempts a peaceful third marriage until murder accusations destroy his lakeside retirement. Grover Gardner navigates Turow's legal complexities with authoritative clarity.

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    Blood Lines

    Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor • Book 2

    by Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.39 ABR Score (15.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (13.9K) ★ 4.55 Audible (1.1K)
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    Army investigators Brodie and Taylor hunt their fellow agent's killer across dangerous terrain, mixing military precision with personal chemistry. Scott Brick handles the DeMille father-son team's blend of procedural details and relationship dynamics with practiced ease.

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    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

    Millennium Series • Book 3

    by Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland - translator

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    4.73 ABR Score (810.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (779.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (30.5K)
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    Hospitalized Lisbeth faces trial while Blomkvist uncovers the conspiracy that destroyed her childhood. Simon Vance's steady narration guides readers through this complex finale of corruption and revenge.

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    The Hunt for Red October

    Jack Ryan • Book 3

    by Tom Clancy

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.68 ABR Score (402.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (389.7K) ★ 4.78 Audible (13.1K)
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    Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius attempts to defect with Russia's most advanced nuclear sub. Scott Brick's authoritative narration matches Clancy's technical precision in this cat-and-mouse thriller that launched the Jack Ryan series.

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    Patriot Games

    Jack Ryan • Book 1

    by Tom Clancy

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.64 ABR Score (227.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (214.5K) ★ 4.7 Audible (13.3K)
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    CIA analyst Jack Ryan intervenes in an IRA assassination attempt, making himself and his family targets for revenge. Scott Brick captures both Ryan's analytical mind and his protective fury as international terrorism becomes devastatingly personal.

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    Without Remorse

    Jack Ryan Universe • Book 1

    by Tom Clancy

    Narrated by Michael Prichard

    4.58 ABR Score (90.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (77.4K) ★ 4.63 Audible (12.7K)
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    Before he was Mr. Clark, John Kelly wages a one-man war against Baltimore drug dealers in Clancy's darkest, most personal thriller.

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    The Outsider

    Holly Gibney • Book 1

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Will Patton

    4.57 ABR Score (451.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (386.6K) ★ 4.57 Audible (64.6K)
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    Baseball coach Terry Maitland's impossible murder case—with evidence placing him in two locations simultaneously—launches detective Ralph Anderson into supernatural territory. Will Patton's gravelly voice perfectly captures both the procedural elements and growing cosmic dread.

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