10 audiobooks for fans of My Heart Is a Chainsaw
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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
★ 3.60 ABR Score (436 ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (431) ★ 4 Audible (5)11h 20m listening time • Released 2023 -
The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians • Book 1
Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett
★ 4.00 ABR Score (122.4K ratings)★ 3.68 Goodreads (117.6K) ★ 4.2 Audible (4.7K)8h 37m listening time • Released 2020 -
The Shivers Collection
The Shivers Collection #1-5
by Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, Grady Hendrix, Catriona Ward, Owen King
Narrated by Robert Fass, Kyla Garcia, Moniqua Plante, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Grover Gardner
★ 3.77 ABR Score (718 ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (543) ★ 4.34 Audible (175)5h 38m listening time • Released 2025Five different narrators bring their own menace to five masters of suspense—each story lands harder because the voice shifts remind you that something's fundamentally wrong in every tale.
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Zombies: More Recent Dead
by Paula Guran, Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Kathleen Tierney, Stephen Graham Jones, Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Carrie Vaughn, Carrie Ryan, Matthew Johnson
Narrated by Sean Pratt, Marguerite Gavin
★ 3.64 ABR Score (342 ratings)★ 3.63 Goodreads (212) ★ 4.08 Audible (130)20h 14m listening time • Released 2014 -
Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror
by John F.D. Taff, Caroline Kepnes, Ramsey Campbell, Priya Sharma, Livia Llewellyn, Stephen Graham Jones, Chesya Burke, Alma Katsu, Gemma Files, Josh Malerman, Usman T. Malik, John Langan
Narrated by Jennifer O'Donnell, John Keating, Jonathan Todd Ross, Neil Shah, Jasmin Walker, Rita Wolf, Fareeda Ahmed
★ 3.52 ABR Score (898 ratings)★ 3.42 Goodreads (872) ★ 3.46 Audible (26)16h 10m listening time • Released 2022 -
And After
Until the End of the World • Book 2
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 2014Julia 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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All the Stars in the Sky
Until the End of the World • Book 3
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 2015Julia 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 -
Make Me King
Mountain Man • Book 5
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 2020R.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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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 2015R.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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