Audiobooks Like The Lying Game

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Imogen Church has narrated enough Ruth Ware to know exactly where the dread lives in this kind of story — the coastal atmosphere, the weight of old secrets, the way ordinary scenes tighten into something threatening, Church handles all of it with a consistency that makes the suspense feel architectural rather than manufactured. Five of the ten recommendations are Church narrating Ware directly, and the others carry the same author-narrator pairing logic: mid-length, highly rated psychological thrillers where the narrator and the material have grown into each other.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Lying Game

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    The Turn of the Key

    by Ruth Ware

    Narrated by Imogen Church

    ★ 4.36 ABR Score (346.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (331.7K) ★ 4.44 Audible (15.2K)
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    The Woman in Cabin 10

    Lo Blacklock • Book 1

    by Ruth Ware

    Narrated by Imogen Church

    ★ 4.10 ABR Score (802.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.72 Goodreads (785.3K) ★ 4.13 Audible (16.6K)
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    Travel journalist Lo witnesses a woman thrown overboard from a luxury cruise, but no one believes her story. Imogen Church captures Lo's growing desperation as reality becomes increasingly uncertain.

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    Zero Days

    by Ruth Ware

    Narrated by Imogen Church

    ★ 3.74 ABR Score (130.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.63 Goodreads (129.5K) ★ 3.82 Audible (1.1K)
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    Penetration tester Jack comes home to find her husband murdered and herself framed, launching a desperate race to clear her name and find the real killer.

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    In a Dark, Dark Wood

    by Ruth Ware

    Narrated by Imogen Church

    ★ 4.19 ABR Score (416.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.71 Goodreads (402.8K) ★ 4.3 Audible (13.6K)
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    A hen party in a remote English cottage turns deadly when old grudges surface. The claustrophobic woodland setting becomes another character through atmospheric narration.

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    Into the Water

    by Paula Hawkins

    Narrated by Laura Aikman, Sophie Aldred, Rachel Bavidge, Daniel Weyman, Imogen Church

    ★ 3.92 ABR Score (435.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.59 Goodreads (421.9K) ★ 3.98 Audible (13.9K)
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    Multiple narrators tackle this complex thriller about women who keep dying in the same cursed river, creating an unsettling chorus of secrets.

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    Savage Son

    Terminal List • Book 3

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.88 ABR Score (65.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (36.5K) ★ 4.87 Audible (28.8K)
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    Ray Porter transforms Carr's revenge thriller into pure adrenaline. His ability to shift between Reece's measured lethality and the chaos around him makes this the best entry in the series yet.

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    In the Blood

    Terminal List • Book 5

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.87 ABR Score (52.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.49 Goodreads (27.6K) ★ 4.87 Audible (24.8K)
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    Ray Porter's relentless delivery transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into something almost unbearably gripping—his voice makes Reece's obsession feel like your own.

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    The Devil's Hand

    Terminal List • Book 4

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.83 ABR Score (53.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (31.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (22.1K)
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    Ray Porter's gravelly delivery transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into something almost hypnotic—he makes every tactical detail and moral compromise feel inevitable, turning a sprawling post-9/11 reckoning into pure momentum.

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    Only the Dead

    Terminal List • Book 6

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.82 ABR Score (32.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (24.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (8.6K)
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    Ray Porter's intense delivery matches James Reece uncovering a conspiracy that reaches from a 1980 congressman's murder to current global threats.

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    True Believer

    Terminal List • Book 2

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.78 ABR Score (76.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (43.6K) ★ 4.8 Audible (32.9K)
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    Former Navy SEAL James Reece hunts terrorists across multiple continents after coordinated holiday attacks crash global markets, with detailed military action throughout.

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