Audiobooks Like Ghost Story

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If you loved Ghost Story by Peter Straub, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of Buck Schirner's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of Ghost Story

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    The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010

    Kyle Murchison Booth • Book 4

    by Paula Guran, Kelley Armstrong, Holly Black, Ramsey Campbell, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Joe R. Lansdale, Stewart O'Nan, Sarah Pinborough, Norman Prentiss, Barbara Roden, Lucius Shepard, Peter Straub, Michael Shea, Kelly Link, Ekaterina Sedia, Catherynne M. Valente, Gerard Houarner, Gemma Files, Kurt Dinan, Elizabeth Bear, Roby Davies, Maura McHugh, Dale Bailey, Deborah Biancotti, Gary McMahon, Holly Phillips, John Mantooth, Marc Laidlaw, Margo Lanagan, Michael Marshall Smith, Nadia Bulkin, Nathan Ballingrud, Paul Tremblay, Peter Atkins, Sarah Monette, Seth Fried, Stephen Graham Jones, Steve Duffy, Steve Rasnic Tem, Suzy McKee Charnas, John Langan

    Narrated by Kristin James, Matt Godfrey

    ★ 3.59 BLT Score (436 ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (431) ★ 4 Audible (5)
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    The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine

    by Peter Straub

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    ★ 3.37 BLT Score (651 ratings)
    ★ 2.79 Goodreads (639) ★ 3.5 Audible (12)
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    Michael Kramer's measured, hypnotic delivery transforms Straub's unsettling novella into something genuinely haunting—a fever dream narration that makes the Amazon itself feel like a character closing in on you.

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    A Dark Matter

    by Peter Straub

    Narrated by Robertson Dean

    ★ 3.14 BLT Score (5.3K ratings)
    ★ 2.97 Goodreads (5.1K) ★ 3.46 Audible (202)
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    Robertson Dean's measured, unsettling narration transforms this haunted-past mystery into something genuinely creepy—his ability to shift between unreliable perspectives keeps you perpetually off-balance.

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    Doctor Sleep

    The Shining • Book 2

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Will Patton

    ★ 4.74 BLT Score (340.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (300.4K) ★ 4.68 Audible (40.0K)
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    Patton's narration captures King's most emotionally devastating work: a meditation on addiction and protection rather than just scares.

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    Instauration

    The City • Book 3

    by Sarah Lyons Fleming

    Narrated by Therese Plummer, Luke Daniels

    ★ 4.73 BLT Score (4.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.68 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 4.85 Audible (2.0K)
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    Plummer and Daniels bring real chemistry to dual narration, making the survivors' fractured bonds feel lived-in through 27 hours of grimy, intimate storytelling that never lets you forget the cost of revenge.

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    The Vampire Lestat

    The Vampire Chronicles • Book 2

    by Anne Rice

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    ★ 4.66 BLT Score (225.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (218.3K) ★ 4.7 Audible (7.5K)
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    Simon Vance commands this operatic vampire saga with theatrical flair that matches Lestat's own irresistible charisma—his performance transforms what could be grandiose into genuinely seductive.

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    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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    King crafted something uniquely disturbing: a car with agency and personality. Graham's narration makes her terrifying, seductive, and unforgettable.

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    Needful Things

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Stephen King

    ★ 4.50 BLT Score (293.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (281.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (12.1K)
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    Bag of Bones

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Stephen King

    ★ 4.37 BLT Score (222.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (212.7K) ★ 4.46 Audible (9.6K)
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    King narrating King: his voice unlocks every layer of subtext, transforming this masterpiece into something intimately unsettling, unforgettable.

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    Blackwood Farm

    The Vampire Chronicles • Book 9

    by Anne Rice

    Narrated by David Pittu

    ★ 4.36 BLT Score (37.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (35.0K) ★ 4.6 Audible (2.6K)
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    Pittu's narration turns Blackwood Farm into hypnotic Gothic fever: 20+ hours where Rice's baroque prose, family madness, and Lestat's darkness blur into one immersive possession.

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