Audiobooks Like The Girl Next Door

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Jack Ketchum narrates his own novel with a flat, almost documentary affect that may be the most unsettling choice he could have made — there's no performance of horror, just a voice reporting what happened, and the seven-hour listen becomes harder to escape because of it. All ten recommendations run a similar length, and while the narrators and authors shift, the list shares a willingness to stay in genuinely dark territory without looking away.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Girl Next Door

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    Mountain Man: Prequel cover

    Mountain Man: Prequel

    Mountain Man #0.4

    by Keith C. Blackmore

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    ★ 4.61 ABR Score (9.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.75 Audible (7.7K)
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    R.C. Bray's gravel-voiced delivery transforms this zombie siege into something claustrophobic and relentless—he makes you feel trapped inside that megastore as hard as the characters are.

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    Joyland

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Michael Kelly

    ★ 4.43 ABR Score (192.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (181.4K) ★ 4.52 Audible (10.7K)
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    College student Devin takes a summer job at a North Carolina amusement park haunted by an unsolved murder, with Michael Kelly's narration capturing both nostalgia and creeping dread.

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    Mountain Man

    Mountain Man • Book 1

    by Keith C. Blackmore

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    ★ 4.31 ABR Score (10.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (6.3K) ★ 4.5 Audible (4.7K)
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    Gus Berry stumbles through a zombie-infested world armed with only a shotgun, liquor, and dark humor. R.C. Bray captures every drunken moment and desperate survival choice with gruff authenticity.

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    The Amityville Horror

    by Jay Anson

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.24 ABR Score (147.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (138.4K) ★ 4.38 Audible (8.7K)
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    Ray Porter's deadpan delivery transforms this into pure psychological dread—he sells the slow-burn terror without ever overselling it, making the escalating haunting feel disturbingly plausible.

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    Clive Barker's The Books of Blood: Volume Three

    Books of Blood • Book 3

    by Clive Barker

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Xe Sands, Jeffrey Kafer, Peter Bishop, Chris Patton

    ★ 4.22 ABR Score (12.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (12.5K) ★ 4.54 Audible (368)
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    Five distinct horror stories explore death, desire, and transformation with Barker's signature visceral imagery. The cast of narrators—Scott Brick, Xe Sands, Jeffrey Kafer, Peter Bishop, and Chris Patton—each match their story's unique tone.

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    Clive Barker's The Books of Blood: Volume One

    Books of Blood • Book 1

    by Clive Barker

    Narrated by Simon Vance, Dick Hill, Peter Berkrot, Jeffrey Kafer, Chet Williamson, Chris Patton

    ★ 4.17 ABR Score (29.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (28.2K) ★ 4.37 Audible (1.3K)
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    Six different narrators bring Barker's 16 horror stories to life with the precision they deserve—each voice perfectly matched to the grotesque intimacy of tales that redefined what short fiction horror could be.

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    Conspiracy Theory

    Zombie Theories • Book 2

    by Rich Restucci

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    ★ 4.12 ABR Score (718 ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (466) ★ 4.73 Audible (252)
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    Our immune-to-zombies hero must escape government captivity and a certifiable super-spook to flee back to his friends a continent away, with Michael Kramer's intensity matching every desperate mile.

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    The Phantom of the Opera

    by Gaston Leroux

    Narrated by Ralph Cosham

    ★ 4.07 ABR Score (283.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (281.0K) ★ 4.19 Audible (2.2K)
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    Leroux's original Gothic tale follows the mysterious phantom haunting the Paris Opera House and his obsession with young singer Christine Daaé. The atmospheric setting of underground passages and grand opera halls creates perfect material for audio immersion.

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    The Only Good Indians

    The Only Good Indians • Book 1

    by Stephen Graham Jones

    Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett

    ★ 3.97 ABR Score (123.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.68 Goodreads (118.4K) ★ 4.2 Audible (4.8K)
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    Four Blackfeet men face supernatural revenge for a decade-old elk hunt in this visceral horror that burrows under your skin. Taylor-Corbett's grounded performance anchors the mounting dread without overselling the terror.

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    The Summer I Died

    The Roger Huntington Saga • Book 1

    by Ryan C. Thomas

    Narrated by John Andrews

    ★ 3.90 ABR Score (8.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (8.0K) ★ 4.31 Audible (153)
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    College friends Roger and Tooth's beer-can shooting trip at Bobcat Mountain goes horribly wrong in this visceral horror novel. John Andrews doesn't shy away from the book's brutal intensity.

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