Best Possession Audiobooks

The highest-rated possession audiobooks, ranked by listeners. Browse 40 titles with top narrators.

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Possession strips away the illusion that we're in control of ourselves. It's the ultimate horror: your body becomes a weapon against everyone you love, your thoughts aren't your own, and you're trapped watching from inside. The dread is relentless because there's no hiding from the enemy—it lives in your skin. You'll find possession stories across horror, dark fantasy, and literary fiction. Expect escalating body horror, psychological warfare, and the grim question of whether the person you knew can come back at all.

These are the highest-rated possession audiobooks, ranked by listener ratings. A great narrator can elevate an already compelling trope — turning tension into an immersive experience.

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    Pet Sematary cover

    Pet Sematary

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Michael C. Hall

    4.82 BLT Score (738.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (708.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (29.8K)
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    Doctor Sleep cover

    Doctor Sleep

    The Shining • Book 2

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Will Patton

    4.75 BLT Score (340.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (300.4K) ★ 4.68 Audible (40.0K)
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    The Exorcist cover

    The Exorcist

    The Exorcist • Book 1

    by William Peter Blatty

    Narrated by William Peter Blatty, Eliana Shaskan

    4.73 BLT Score (284.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (274.5K) ★ 4.71 Audible (9.5K)
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    Christine cover

    Christine

    by Stephen King, Marie Milpois

    Narrated by Holter Graham

    4.58 BLT Score (271.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (265.6K) ★ 4.74 Audible (5.6K)
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    The Raven cover

    The Raven

    by Edgar Allan Poe

    Narrated by Dominic West

    4.55 BLT Score (173.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (172.0K) ★ 4.79 Audible (1.6K)
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    A Hat Full of Sky cover

    A Hat Full of Sky

    Discworld • Book 32

    by Terry Pratchett

    Narrated by Stephen Briggs

    4.53 BLT Score (84.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (80.7K) ★ 4.83 Audible (3.6K)
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    Blackwood Farm cover

    Blackwood Farm

    The Vampire Chronicles • Book 9

    by Anne Rice

    Narrated by David Pittu

    4.37 BLT Score (37.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (35.0K) ★ 4.6 Audible (2.6K)
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    The Omen cover

    The Omen

    The Omen • Book 1

    by David Seltzer

    Narrated by Holly Palance, Mark Owen

    4.32 BLT Score (70.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (70.1K) ★ 4.57 Audible (671)
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    Song of Susannah cover

    Song of Susannah

    The Dark Tower • Book 6

    by Stephen King, Darrel Anderson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.32 BLT Score (192.7K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (177.2K) ★ 4.63 Audible (15.5K)
    More about this pick

    George Guidall's performance elevates this sprawling, time-jumping installment into something genuinely haunting—his voice work for Susannah's possession is genuinely unsettling, and he nails the tonal shifts between worlds.

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    The Naked God

    Night's Dawn • Book 3

    by Peter F. Hamilton

    Narrated by John Lee

    4.30 BLT Score (23.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (20.9K) ★ 4.63 Audible (2.1K)
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    The Dark Half cover

    The Dark Half

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    4.29 BLT Score (157.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (153.5K) ★ 4.48 Audible (3.7K)
    More about this pick

    Grover Gardner transforms King's psychological horror into something genuinely unsettling—his dual vocal performance as writer and murderer creates an intimacy that makes the paranoia crawl under your skin in ways print never could.

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    Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

    The Vampire Chronicles • Book 12

    by Anne Rice

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    4.26 BLT Score (12.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.8 Goodreads (10.0K) ★ 4.56 Audible (2.5K)
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    My Best Friend's Exorcism cover

    My Best Friend's Exorcism

    by Grady Hendrix

    Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

    4.20 BLT Score (163.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (154.2K) ★ 4.26 Audible (9.4K)
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    Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume III cover

    Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume III

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Stephen King, Gary Sinise, Joe Morton, Joe Mantegna

    4.18 BLT Score (2.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.53 Audible (1.2K)
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    Black Mirror: A Cait Reagan Novel (Boston Preternatural Investigations Unit Book 2) cover

    Black Mirror: A Cait Reagan Novel (Boston Preternatural Investigations Unit Book 2)

    Boston Preternatural Investigations Unit • Book 2

    by Aoibh Wood

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.12 BLT Score (569 ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (394) ★ 4.86 Audible (175)
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    The Unholy cover

    The Unholy

    Krewe of Hunters • Book 6

    by Heather Graham

    Narrated by Luke Daniels

    4.09 BLT Score (5.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.5 Audible (565)
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    Dead Men's Boots

    Felix Castor • Book 3

    by Mike Carey

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    4.06 BLT Score (8.2K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (8.0K) ★ 4.66 Audible (222)
    More about this pick

    Michael Kramer's gravel-voiced performance captures Castor's wisecracking desperation perfectly, turning this possessed-corpse-and-serial-killer mess into addictive noir that rewards close listening.

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    Vicious Circle

    Felix Castor • Book 2

    by Mike Carey

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    4.06 BLT Score (9.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (9.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (239)
    More about this pick

    Michael Kramer's noir-tough narration transforms this urban fantasy sequel into something genuinely noir—he makes every cynical quip land and every supernatural threat feel immediate.

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    Unholy Magic

    Downside Ghosts • Book 2

    by Stacia Kane

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    4.04 BLT Score (11.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (10.5K) ★ 4.47 Audible (1.0K)
    More about this pick

    Bahni Turpin's narration transforms this dark urban fantasy into something visceral and unputdownable—her gritty delivery makes Chess Putnam's exhausted defiance feel utterly real.

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    A Head Full of Ghosts

    by Paul Tremblay

    Narrated by Joy Osmanski

    4.03 BLT Score (114.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (107.6K) ★ 4.17 Audible (6.6K)
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    Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume I cover

    Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume I

    by Stephen King, Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Curry, Yeardley Smith, Rob Lowe, Tabitha King, Robert B. Parker, Stephen Jay Gould

    Narrated by Stephen King, Kathy Bates, Matthew Broderick, Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Rob Lowe, Gary Sinese

    4.03 BLT Score (3.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.28 Audible (2.3K)
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    The Only Good Indians

    The Only Good Indians • Book 1

    by Stephen Graham Jones

    Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett

    4.00 BLT Score (122.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.68 Goodreads (117.6K) ★ 4.2 Audible (4.7K)
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    The Tell-Tale Heart - Il cuore rivelatore / The Premature Burial - La sepoltura prematura

    Gilded Nightmares – Timeless British Library Books

    by Edgar Allan Poe, Elisabetta Querci

    Narrated by William Roberts

    3.99 BLT Score (244.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (244.9K) ★ 4.14 Audible (7)
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    The Creeps cover

    The Creeps

    Samuel Johnson • Book 3

    by John Connolly

    Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

    3.98 BLT Score (2.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (2.1K) ★ 4.57 Audible (240)
    More about this pick

    Tim Gerard Reynolds transforms Connolly's darkly comic horror into pure audio magic, nailing every grotesque creature and hapless teenager with a narrator who understands that creepy works best when it's funny first.

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    Hungry Ghosts

    Eric Carter • Book 3

    by Stephen Blackmoore, Michael John Casey, Tia Shearer, Jacob Yeh, Zeke Altonn

    Narrated by full cast, Michael John Casey, Tia Shearer, Jacob Yeh, Zeke Alton, Terence Aselford, James Lewis, Nora Achrati, Eva Wilhelm, Maggie Donnelly, Kimberly Gilbert, Matthew Bassett

    3.93 BLT Score (2.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.7 Audible (56)
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    The Book of Accidents cover

    The Book of Accidents

    by Chuck Wendig

    Narrated by Xe Sands, George Newbern

    3.91 BLT Score (30.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.71 Goodreads (29.5K) ★ 4.19 Audible (1.3K)
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    Night Terror cover

    Night Terror

    The Lazarus Codex • Book 7

    by E.A. Copen

    Narrated by Travis Baldree

    3.90 BLT Score (270 ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (158) ★ 4.79 Audible (112)
    More about this pick

    Travis Baldree's performance transforms this supernatural thriller into something genuinely unsettling—his command of tension and character voices makes the nightmares feel disturbingly real and personal.

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    The Damnation Game cover

    The Damnation Game

    by Clive Barker

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    3.90 BLT Score (22.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (21.4K) ★ 4.15 Audible (762)
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    Desecrate (Knights of Eternity Book 2) cover

    Desecrate (Knights of Eternity Book 2)

    Knights of Eternity • Book 2

    by Rachel Ní Chuirc

    Narrated by Andrea Parsneau

    3.89 BLT Score (153 ratings)
    ★ 4.58 Goodreads (118) ★ 4.71 Audible (35)
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    Brainchild cover

    Brainchild

    by John Saul

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    3.83 BLT Score (7.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (6.9K) ★ 4.14 Audible (110)
    More about this pick

    Nick Podehl's narration transforms this 1989 thriller into something genuinely unsettling—his voice perfectly captures the eerie blankness of a kid who's been brought back wrong, making every scene crawl under your skin.

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    Come Closer cover

    Come Closer

    by Sara Gran

    Narrated by Julie McKay

    3.83 BLT Score (52.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.65 Goodreads (52.0K) ★ 4.1 Audible (942)
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    The Bird's Nest cover

    The Bird's Nest

    by Shirley Jackson

    Narrated by Linda Jones, Mark Bramhall

    3.77 BLT Score (8.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.73 Goodreads (8.2K) ★ 4.09 Audible (94)
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    The Fervor cover

    The Fervor

    by Alma Katsu

    Narrated by Traci Kato-Kiriyama, Louis Ozawa

    3.69 BLT Score (5.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.61 Goodreads (5.6K) ★ 4.05 Audible (64)
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    The Entity cover

    The Entity

    by Frank De Felitta

    Narrated by Tanya Eby

    3.69 BLT Score (2.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.76 Goodreads (2.1K) ★ 3.96 Audible (56)
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    Shadows over Hemlock cover

    Shadows over Hemlock

    Felix Cross • Book 1

    by E.A. Copen

    Narrated by Travis Baldree

    3.69 BLT Score (220 ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (149) ★ 4.31 Audible (71)
    More about this pick

    Travis Baldree's narration transforms this possession thriller into something genuinely unsettling—his voice work makes the interrogation scenes between exorcist and demon feel like psychological warfare rather than jump scares.

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    Coffins cover

    Coffins

    Vampire Archives • Book 3

    by Otto Penzler, Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch, Edgar Allan Poe, F. Paul Wilson, Scott Brick, Robertson Dean, Steve West, Robin Sachs, Mark Bramhall, John H. Mayer, Ryan Gesell, Rob Shapiro

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Robertson Dean, Steve West, Robin Sachs, Harlan Ellison, Mark Bramhall, John H. Mayer, Ryan Gesell, Rob Shapiro

    3.58 BLT Score (111 ratings)
    ★ 3.6 Goodreads (83) ★ 4.04 Audible (28)
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    The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain cover

    The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

    by Charles Dickens

    Narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano, The Icon Players

    3.48 BLT Score (2.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.29 Goodreads (2.3K) ★ 4.33 Audible (3)
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    J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Gothic Horror Collection cover

    J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Gothic Horror Collection

    by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Don McCamphill, Alan Drury, Neil Brand, Anne-Marie Duff, Brana Bajic, David Warner, Celia Imrie, Jacqueline Pearce, Nigel Anthony, Roger May, Kenneth Cranham, Ian McDiarmid, Teresa Gallagher, Graham Crowden, Dorothy Tutin, Joan Sims, Kathleen Byron, Tessa Worsley, John Hartley, Jonathan Keeble, Geoffrey Whitehead, Stephen Critchlow, George Cole, Jane Wittenshaw, George A. Cooper, Becky Hindley, Pauline Letts, David Collings, John Evitts, Linda Regan, Joan Littlewood, Paul Chahidi, Haydn Gwynne, Jonathan Forbes, Ruth Everett, Matthew Durkan, Alexandra Hannant, Rebecca Crankshaw, Chris Jack, Michael Begley, Neil McCaul, Seán Barrett

    Narrated by full cast, Anne-Marie Duff, Roger May, David Warner, Celia Imrie, Haydn Gwynne, Teresa Gallagher, Paul Chahidi, Joan Sims

    3.44 BLT Score (11 ratings)
    ★ 3.5 Goodreads (6) ★ 4.2 Audible (5)
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    A Touch of Evil cover

    A Touch of Evil

    by G.H. White

    Narrated by Virtual Voice

    3.42 BLT Score (15 ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (14) ★ 3 Audible (1)
    More about this pick

    G.H. White crafts a genuinely unsettling supernatural thriller where a boy's psychometric gift becomes a conduit for ancient evil—Virtual Voice's measured delivery heightens the creeping dread.

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    The Accursed cover

    The Accursed

    The Gothic Saga • Book 5

    by Joyce Carol Oates

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    3.33 BLT Score (6.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.24 Goodreads (6.4K) ★ 3.48 Audible (164)
    More about this pick

    Grover Gardner's measured, unsettling narration transforms Oates' sprawling Gothic nightmare into a genuinely creepy descent where Princeton's intellectual elite can't rationalize their way out of a curse. A 23-hour immersion that rewards patience with genuine dread.

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