Audiobooks Like Interview with the Vampire

Simon Vance voices Louis's confession with a measured, almost courtly weariness that suits a vampire who has lived long enough to find his own damnation tedious — across 14 hours the gothic excess never tips into camp because Vance keeps it at the register of genuine sorrow. Three more Vance narrations appear in the recommendations, and the list gathers the classic vampire canon alongside horror anthologies where that same quality of eternal, atmospheric dread is the consistent thread.

10 audiobooks for fans of Interview with the Vampire

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    Fangs

    Vampire Archives • Book 2

    by Otto Penzler, Kim Newman, Clive Barker, Anne Rice, Arthur Conan Doyle, Erik Davies

    Narrated by Peter Altschuler, Scott Brick, Susan Denaker, Susan Duerden, Stephen Hoye, Carrington MacDuffie, Robin Sachs, Simon Vance, Bob Walter, Steve West

    ★ 3.64 ABR Score (228 ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (160) ★ 4.09 Audible (68)
    18h 26m listening time • Released 2010

    A stellar ensemble cast transforms these vampire tales—each narrator finds the perfect voice for stories ranging from Gothic dread to sensual horror, making this anthology feel like a curated night of dark fiction rather than a slog through a collection.

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    Dracula

    by Bram Stoker

    Narrated by Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley

    ★ 4.68 ABR Score (1.5M ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.61 Audible (37.6K)
    15h 27m listening time • Released 2012
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    Bloodsuckers: The Vampire Archives

    Vampire Archives • Book 1

    by Otto Penzler, Stephen King, Tanith Lee, Dan Simmons, Bram Stoker, Neil Gaiman - preface, Otto Penzler

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Fred Sanders, Mark Deakens, Susan Duerden, Simon Vance, Marc Cashman, Stephen Hoye, Allyson Ryan

    ★ 3.45 ABR Score (461 ratings)
    ★ 3.47 Goodreads (322) ★ 3.61 Audible (139)
    12h 50m listening time • Released 2010

    A killer lineup of narrators transforms these vampire stories into a genuinely immersive experience—each voice perfectly matched to its tale, making King's terror and Stoker's dread feel freshly terrifying.

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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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    Pet Sematary

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Michael C. Hall

    ★ 4.82 ABR Score (738.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (708.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (29.8K)
    15h 41m listening time • Released 2018
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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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    Well Fed

    Mountain Man • Book 4

    by Keith C. Blackmore

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    ★ 4.75 ABR Score (12.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.82 Audible (10.0K)
    16h 59m listening time • Released 2015

    R.C. Bray's gravel-voiced delivery transforms this post-apocalyptic manhunt into pure survival tension, making the fourth Mountain Man book feel like a high-stakes thriller despite its bloated runtime.

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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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    Exodus

    Arisen • Book 5

    by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    ★ 4.61 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.78 Audible (3.0K)
    12h 18m listening time • Released 2015

    R.C. Bray transforms this apocalyptic siege into something visceral and unbearable—his performance sells the desperation of exhausted soldiers facing impossible odds with such conviction you'll feel the dread yourself.

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    If It Bleeds

    Holly Gibney • Book 2

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Will Patton, Danny Burstein, Steven Weber

    ★ 4.53 ABR Score (147.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (129.6K) ★ 4.58 Audible (17.4K)
    15h 12m listening time • Released 2020
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