10 audiobooks for fans of Behind Closed Doors
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The Breakdown
by B.A. Paris
Narrated by Georgia Maguire
★ 4.20 ABR Score (161.0K ratings)★ 3.88 Goodreads (151.7K) ★ 4.27 Audible (9.3K)9h 20m listening time • Released 2017 - 2
The Therapist
by B.A. Paris
Narrated by Olivia Dowd, Thomas Judd
★ 4.08 ABR Score (135.8K ratings)★ 3.77 Goodreads (133.2K) ★ 4.25 Audible (2.7K)10h 5m listening time • Released 2021 - 3
Verity
Narrated by Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
★ 4.74 ABR Score (4.0M ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (3.9M) ★ 4.51 Audible (137.0K)8h 10m listening time • Released 2019The dual narration transforms this psychological thriller into something genuinely unnerving—each narrator pulls you deeper into a twisted conspiracy that rewires everything you thought you knew.
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The Housemaid's Secret
The Housemaid • Book 2
Narrated by Lauryn Allman
★ 4.66 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (1.8M) ★ 4.63 Audible (20.2K)9h 44m listening time • Released 2023McFadden's follow-up to The Housemaid doubles down on domestic suspense — more twists, a more complex heroine, and a villain who's genuinely unsettling.
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Then She Was Gone
by Lisa Jewell
Narrated by Helen Duff
Then She Was Gone delivers the same claustrophobic tension and unreliable narrator psychology that makes Behind Closed Doors so gripping, while Helen Duff's narration captures the mounting dread with the same skillful pacing as Georgia Maguire. Both audiobooks explore the dark secrets lurking beneath domestic facades, though Jewell's mystery unfolds with a propulsive momentum that keeps listeners hooked through their full runtimes.
★ 4.61 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.56 Audible (84.7K)10h 12m listening time • Released 2018Jewell's missing-girl thriller has one of crime fiction's most shocking reveals — a mother reconnects with a man whose daughter eerily resembles her missing child.
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Sharp Objects
by Gillian Flynn
Narrated by Ann Marie Lee
Sharp Objects delivers the same claustrophobic psychological tension and unreliable narrator perspective as Behind Closed Doors, while Ann Marie Lee's narration captures the dark, fragmented storytelling with equal intensity. Both audiobooks excel at slowly unraveling twisted family secrets through a woman's increasingly disturbing perspective, making them perfect companions for listeners drawn to intimate, sinister character studies.
★ 4.49 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.44 Audible (41.9K)9h 34m listening time • Released 2006Flynn's debut announced one of crime fiction's sharpest voices — a journalist returns to her hometown to cover a murder and confronts wounds that never healed.
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The Family Upstairs
The Family Upstairs • Book 1
by Lisa Jewell
Narrated by Tamaryn Payne, Bea Holland, Dominic Thorburn
Both psychological thrillers masterfully unravel dark family secrets through unreliable perspectives and shifting timelines, creating that same page-turning tension that makes them impossible to pause. The multiple narrators in The Family Upstairs deepen the immersive listening experience while maintaining the claustrophobic, twisty atmosphere that made Behind Closed Doors so gripping.
★ 4.41 ABR Score (589.7K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (574.9K) ★ 4.46 Audible (14.8K)9h 36m listening time • Released 2019Jewell's cult-thriller slowly reveals how a normal London family became entangled with a charismatic stranger — built on dread, masterfully paced.
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Silent Horizons
Silent Horizons • Book 1
by Chad Robichaux, Jack Stewart
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.19 ABR Score (909 ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (415) ★ 4.67 Audible (494)9h 24m listening time • Released 2025Ray Porter's gravelly intensity makes Foster Quinn's solitary descent into Iran feel genuinely claustrophobic—this is a thriller that trusts silence as much as dialogue, and Porter knows exactly when to let it breathe.
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In a Dark, Dark Wood
by Ruth Ware
Narrated by Imogen Church
Both audiobooks deliver psychological tension through unreliable narrators and claustrophobic settings, with skilled narration that amplifies the mounting dread. Church's performance captures the same unsettling intimacy that Maguire brings to her portrayal of a woman caught in a dangerous situation, making the extra runtime feel essential to the deepening mystery.
★ 4.19 ABR Score (416.3K ratings)★ 3.71 Goodreads (402.8K) ★ 4.3 Audible (13.6K)9h 41m listening time • Released 2015Ware's debut is a hen-weekend thriller that starts as social comedy and turns genuinely terrifying — a woman attends a party and wakes up with no memory of what happened.
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The Couple Next Door
by Shari Lapena
Narrated by Kirsten Potter
Both audiobooks deliver psychological suspense centered on marriages hiding dark secrets, with unreliable narrators and shocking twists that unfold at a gripping pace. Georgia Maguire and Kirsten Potter's narrations similarly enhance the intimate, claustrophobic tension that makes these domestic thrillers so compelling.
★ 4.18 ABR Score (741.0K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (720.1K) ★ 4.19 Audible (20.9K)8h 40m listening time • Released 2016Lapena's debut is sharp domestic suspense — a baby goes missing during a dinner party next door and everyone, including the parents, is hiding something.
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