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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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
The Raven
Narrated by Dominic West
★ 4.55 BLT Score (173.6K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (172.0K) ★ 4.79 Audible (1.6K) -
A Hat Full of Sky
Discworld • Book 32
Narrated by Stephen Briggs
★ 4.53 BLT Score (84.3K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (80.7K) ★ 4.83 Audible (3.6K) -
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) -
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) -
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
Narrated by John Lee
★ 4.30 BLT Score (23.0K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (20.9K) ★ 4.63 Audible (2.1K) -
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) -
My Best Friend's Exorcism
Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller
★ 4.20 BLT Score (163.6K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (154.2K) ★ 4.26 Audible (9.4K) -
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) -
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) -
The Unholy
Krewe of Hunters • Book 6
Narrated by Luke Daniels
★ 4.09 BLT Score (5.2K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.5 Audible (565) -
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
Narrated by Joy Osmanski
★ 4.03 BLT Score (114.2K ratings)★ 3.78 Goodreads (107.6K) ★ 4.17 Audible (6.6K) -
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) -
The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians • Book 1
Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett
★ 4.00 BLT Score (122.4K ratings)★ 3.68 Goodreads (117.6K) ★ 4.2 Audible (4.7K) -
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) -
The Creeps
Samuel Johnson • Book 3
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) -
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) -
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
by Clive Barker
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 3.90 BLT Score (22.2K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (21.4K) ★ 4.15 Audible (762) -
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) -
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
by Sara Gran
Narrated by Julie McKay
★ 3.83 BLT Score (52.9K ratings)★ 3.65 Goodreads (52.0K) ★ 4.1 Audible (942) -
The Bird's Nest
Narrated by Linda Jones, Mark Bramhall
★ 3.77 BLT Score (8.3K ratings)★ 3.73 Goodreads (8.2K) ★ 4.09 Audible (94) -
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) -
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) -
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
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) -
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
Narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano, The Icon Players
★ 3.48 BLT Score (2.3K ratings)★ 3.29 Goodreads (2.3K) ★ 4.33 Audible (3) -
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) -
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
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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