Audiobooks Like Come Closer

Julie McKay narrates Sara Gran's short, airless possession novel in a voice that stays disquietingly level — the horror of Come Closer is in the gradual erosion of certainty about what the narrator is experiencing, and McKay's controlled, slightly flat delivery makes the collapse feel inevitable rather than sensational across a brisk four hours. Two of the recommendations are award-winning titles, and the broader list shares this book's preference for horror that works through atmosphere and dread rather than escalation.

10 audiobooks for fans of Come Closer

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    The Thief of Always

    by Clive Barker

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    ★ 4.39 ABR Score (38.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (37.8K) ★ 4.55 Audible (976)
    4h 20m listening time • Released 2013
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    Stephen King Value Collection: Lawnmower Man, Gray Matter, and Graveyard Shift

    by Stephen King, John Glover

    Narrated by John Glover

    ★ 4.31 ABR Score (201.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (200.0K) ★ 4.44 Audible (1.4K)
    3h 24m listening time • Released 1999
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    The Small Hand

    by Susan Hill

    Narrated by Cameron Stewart

    ★ 3.72 ABR Score (7.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.47 Goodreads (7.6K) ★ 4.23 Audible (146)
    3h 32m listening time • Released 2011
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    The Castle of Otranto

    by Horace Walpole

    Narrated by Tony Jay

    ★ 3.63 ABR Score (44.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.19 Goodreads (43.6K) ★ 4.12 Audible (489)
    3h 58m listening time • Released 2006
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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)
    10h 48m listening time • Released 2014

    Julia Whelan's narration transforms this zombie sequel into something genuinely gripping—her delivery makes you believe every hard choice Cassie faces, turning post-apocalyptic dread into something you won't want to pause.

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    Mogadishu of the Dead

    Arisen • Book 2

    by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    ★ 4.28 ABR Score (3.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.6 Audible (638)
    4h 16m listening time • Released 2014
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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    by Robert Louis Stevenson

    Narrated by Alexander Spencer

    ★ 4.01 ABR Score (672.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (672.5K) ★ 4.31 Audible (108)
    3h 5m listening time • Released 2008

    Stevenson's lean novella is the original psychological thriller — a study of repression and duality that gave language itself two new words.

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    Die Laughing

    The Retreat • Book 3

    by Joe McKinney, Craig DiLouie, Stephen Knight

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    ★ 3.74 ABR Score (382 ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (354) ★ 4.43 Audible (28)
    3h 38m listening time • Released 2018

    R.C. Bray's delivery transforms this apocalyptic military thriller into something genuinely visceral—his command of tension and character voices makes the impossible odds feel suffocatingly real.

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    Le Tertre

    by H.P. Lovecraft, Laurent Folliot

    Narrated by Olivier Balazuc

    ★ 3.71 ABR Score (930 ratings)
    ★ 3.66 Goodreads (930)
    4h 6m listening time • Released 2026
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    The Nonesuch and Others

    by Brian Lumley

    Narrated by Joshua Saxon

    ★ 3.64 ABR Score (107 ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (83) ★ 4.58 Audible (24)
    2h 57m listening time • Released 2021

    Joshua Saxon brings menacing precision to Lumley's cosmic horror tales, transforming ordinary men into unwilling witnesses to genuinely unsettling wrongness that defies explanation.

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