Audiobooks Like Home Before Dark

10 audiobooks for fans of Home Before Dark

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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 2012

   King'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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   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 2014

   David 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 2018

   Ray 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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   The Dinosaur Tourist

   by Caitlín R. Kiernan

   Narrated by Neil Hellegers, Xe Sands, Tavia Gilbert, Lisa Flanagan, Paul Woodson, Lauren Ezzo, Kevin Kenerly, Chelsea Stephens

   ★ 3.57 ABR Score (142 ratings)

   ★ 3.93 Goodreads (138) ★ 4.75 Audible (4)

   13h 1m listening time • Released 2021

   A stellar ensemble cast elevates Kiernan's unsettling short fiction collection, with each narrator embodying the creeping wrongness that makes these nineteen tales linger long after they end.

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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 2012

   King'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 2016

   Steven 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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   All the Stars in the Sky

   Until the End of the World • Book 3

   by Sarah Lyons Fleming

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.77 ABR Score (8.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.56 Goodreads (5.0K) ★ 4.81 Audible (3.7K)

   12h 19m listening time • Released 2015

   Julia Whelan's performance captures every fracture in Cassie's determination as Fleming delivers a finale that refuses easy answers—the emotional gut-punch you've been waiting three books for.

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   The Exorcist

   The Exorcist • Book 1

   by William Peter Blatty

   Narrated by William Peter Blatty, Eliana Shaskan

   ★ 4.73 ABR Score (284.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.21 Goodreads (274.5K) ★ 4.71 Audible (9.5K)

   12h 51m listening time • Released 2011

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   Make Me King

   Mountain Man • Book 5

   by Keith C. Blackmore

   Narrated by R.C. Bray

   ★ 4.69 ABR Score (7.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.43 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.83 Audible (6.3K)

   11h 12m listening time • Released 2020

   R.C. Bray transforms this post-apocalyptic power struggle into something genuinely gripping—his vocal range makes every faction feel distinct, and the tension between survival and ambition hits harder through audio than it would on the page.

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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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