Audiobooks Like The Troop

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Corey Brill narrates this wilderness body-horror novel with a matter-of-fact evenness that makes the escalating grotesquerie more disturbing than a heightened delivery would — he doesn't editorialize, which means the horror belongs entirely to what's happening on the island across 11 hours. The restraint is exactly right for a story about how quickly civilization can dissolve. The recommendations share the same unflinching genre and include one narrated by the author himself, all of them willing to go to dark places without softening the landing.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Troop

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    All the Stars in the Sky

    Until the End of the World • Book 3

    by Sarah Lyons Fleming

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 4.77 ABR Score (8.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.56 Goodreads (5.0K) ★ 4.81 Audible (3.7K)
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    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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    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)
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    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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    And After

    Until the End of the World • Book 2

    by Sarah Lyons Fleming

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 4.64 ABR Score (9.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (5.4K) ★ 4.71 Audible (3.8K)
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    Cassie's peaceful life at Kingdom Come Farm shatters when Safe Zones across the country start vanishing and zombie hordes multiply. Julia Whelan captures both the domestic tranquility and creeping dread with equal skill.

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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)
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    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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    Still of Night

    Dead of Night • Book 3

    by Jonathan Maberry, Rachael Lavin

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.42 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (612) ★ 4.8 Audible (1.3K)
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    Ray Porter chronicles multiple heroes rising during the zombie apocalypse, from bullied teenager Dahlia to cosplayer-turned-warrior Rachael Elle, in this action-packed survival anthology.

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    FantasticLand

    by Mike Bockoven

    Narrated by Angela Dawe, Luke Daniels

    ★ 4.34 ABR Score (70.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (53.8K) ★ 4.48 Audible (16.6K)
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    Dawe and Daniels' dual narration transforms this disaster-into-horror investigation into something genuinely unsettling—their competing testimonies make you question every account of what actually happened at the park.

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    Bird Box

    Bird Box • Book 1

    by Josh Malerman

    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell

    ★ 4.24 ABR Score (221.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (212.4K) ★ 4.27 Audible (9.2K)
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    Malorie and her children navigate a post-apocalyptic world where looking at mysterious creatures causes instant, violent madness. Cassandra Campbell's tense narration amplifies the claustrophobic horror of a world where sight itself has become deadly.

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    My Best Friend's Exorcism

    by Grady Hendrix

    Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

    ★ 4.17 ABR Score (163.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (154.2K) ★ 4.26 Audible (9.4K)
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    Emily Woo Zeller perfectly captures 1980s teenage friendship turned horror as Abby fights to save demon-possessed Gretchen in this nostalgic nightmare.

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    Merrick

    The Vampire Chronicles • Book 7

    by Anne Rice

    Narrated by Graeme Malcolm

    ★ 4.11 ABR Score (47.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.77 Goodreads (45.5K) ★ 4.38 Audible (2.4K)
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    Rice merges her vampire and witch mythologies through the powerful sorceress Merrick, who straddles both supernatural worlds with dangerous consequences.

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    Blood Canticle (Anne Rice)

    The Vampire Chronicles • Book 10

    by Anne Rice

    Narrated by David Pittu

    ★ 4.10 ABR Score (28.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.74 Goodreads (26.2K) ★ 4.41 Audible (2.0K)
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    Lestat's quest for redemption intertwines with Rowan Mayfair's world as vampires and witches collide in Rice's supernatural conclusion.

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