10 audiobooks for fans of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural
by Stephen Jones, Henry James, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Davina Porter, Steven Crossley, Bronson Pinchot
Narrated by Davina Porter, Steven Crossley, Bronson Pinchot
This comprehensive collection showcases Lovecraft's influence on the supernatural mystery genre alongside masterworks by his contemporaries, including another Stevenson tale, offering the same atmospheric dread and psychological unease across a richer variety of classic horror voices. The multiple acclaimed narrators deliver each story with distinct interpretive depth, creating an immersive 17-hour exploration of the dark and unsettling themes that define this literary tradition.
★ 3.62 ABR Score (477 ratings)★ 3.68 Goodreads (339) ★ 3.99 Audible (138)16h 45m listening time • Released 2012Three stellar narrators bring genuine personality to a curated horror collection that traces the genre's DNA through its finest practitioners, making this far more than just an anthology.
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The Stand
by Stephen King
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.91 ABR Score (922.6K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (841.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (81.1K)47h 47m listening time • Released 2012King's apocalyptic magnum opus pits good against evil across a ravaged America — sprawling, terrifying, and peopled with characters you'll never forget.
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The Shining
The Shining • Book 1
by Stephen King
Narrated by Campbell Scott
★ 4.93 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (1.7M) ★ 4.75 Audible (41.5K)15h 50m listening time • Released 2012King's most psychologically terrifying novel — a haunted hotel, a disintegrating father, and a little boy whose gift is his greatest danger.
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It
by Stephen King
Narrated by Steven Weber
★ 4.90 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.72 Audible (64.9K)44h 55m listening time • Released 2016Steven Weber's voice work transforms King's sprawling epic into something genuinely hypnotic—he doesn't just narrate the terror, he embodies the friendship that makes you care about it. Nearly 45 hours that feel essential.
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Home Before Dark
by Riley Sager
Narrated by Cady McClain, Jon Lindstrom
★ 4.34 ABR Score (327.0K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (320.3K) ★ 4.36 Audible (6.7K)11h 4m listening time • Released 2020Sager's haunted-house thriller deconstructs the genre in real time — a daughter returns to the house her father wrote about and finds his memoir was fiction.
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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 -
The Amityville Horror
by Jay Anson
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.26 ABR Score (147.1K ratings)★ 3.83 Goodreads (138.4K) ★ 4.38 Audible (8.7K)6h 28m listening time • Released 2009Ray Porter's deadpan delivery transforms this into pure psychological dread—he sells the slow-burn terror without ever overselling it, making the escalating haunting feel disturbingly plausible.
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The Imago Sequence
by Laird Barron
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.04 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (4.9K) ★ 4.33 Audible (682)14h 9m listening time • Released 2017Ray Porter's voice transforms Barron's cosmic horror into something genuinely unsettling—his deadpan delivery makes the grotesque feel inevitable rather than sensational. If Lovecraft left you cold, this collection proves the subgenre still has teeth.
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Occultation and Other Stories
by Laird Barron, Michael Shea
Narrated by David Drummond
★ 3.97 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.2 Audible (730)12h 32m listening time • Released 2014David Drummond's narration transforms these cosmic horror stories into something genuinely unsettling—his ability to shift between characters and capture Barron's creeping dread makes the audiobook format essential here.
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The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
by Laird Barron
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 3.88 ABR Score (6.0K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.09 Audible (1.3K)12h 15m listening time • Released 2018Ray Porter's deadpan delivery transforms Barron's cosmic horror into something genuinely unsettling—his noir-hardboiled cadence makes the supernatural feel inevitable rather than shocking.
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