10 audiobooks for fans of The Ruins
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All the Stars in the Sky
Until the End of the World • Book 3
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.77 ABR Score (8.7K ratings)★ 4.56 Goodreads (5.0K) ★ 4.81 Audible (3.7K)More about this pick
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
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.
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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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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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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.
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The Nightmare Stacks
Laundry Files • Book 7
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 4.41 ABR Score (7.9K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (6.8K) ★ 4.65 Audible (1.1K)More about this pick
Gideon Emery captures Alex's vampire condition and hometown anxieties as Leeds faces an otherworldly invasion that threatens both his cover and his family.
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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)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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Everything's Eventual
by Stephen King
Narrated by Becky Ann Baker, John Cullum, Boyd Gaines, Peter Gerety, Josh Hamilton, Arliss Howard, Judith Ivey, Stephen King, Justin Long, Oliver Platt, Jay O. Sanders
★ 4.36 ABR Score (114.0K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (109.6K) ★ 4.49 Audible (4.5K)More about this pick
Fourteen King short stories ranging from Castle Rock to completely new territory, performed by an ensemble cast including Oliver Platt, Josh Hamilton, and King himself reading select pieces.
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Fevre Dream by George R
Narrated by Ron Donachie
★ 4.35 ABR Score (36.3K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (32.9K) ★ 4.56 Audible (3.5K)More about this pick
Ron Donachie's atmospheric narration perfectly captures the gothic mood as riverboat captain Abner Marsh partners with the mysterious Joshua York on the fever-dream Mississippi of 1857.
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