10 audiobooks for fans of The Family Upstairs
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Then She Was Gone
by Lisa Jewell
Narrated by Helen Duff
Lisa Jewell masterfully weaves together multiple timelines and unreliable perspectives in this gripping mystery, delivering the same propulsive storytelling and emotional depth that made The Family Upstairs so compelling. Helen Duff's narration captures the same atmospheric tension, creating an equally immersive listening experience as families and secrets unravel across decades.
★ 4.61 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.56 Audible (84.7K)10h 12m listening time • Released 2018Jewell's missing-girl thriller has one of crime fiction's most shocking reveals — a mother reconnects with a man whose daughter eerily resembles her missing child.
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None of This is True
by Lisa Jewell
Narrated by Kristin Atherton, Ayesha Antoine, Louise Brealey, Alix Dunmore, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Lisa Jewell, Thomas Judd, Dominic Thorburn, Nicola Walker, Jenny Walser
Lisa Jewell's signature blend of unreliable narrators and domestic intrigue reaches new heights in None of This is True, with an equally immersive full-cast narration that deepens the psychological tension and mystery. The slightly longer runtime expands on Jewell's exploration of obsession and hidden truths, delivering the same page-turning momentum that made The Family Upstairs so compelling.
★ 4.53 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.53 Audible (15.4K)10h 31m listening time • Released 2023Jewell's latest is a true-crime-podcast thriller — a woman who befriends a podcaster becomes the subject of the story, with terrifying consequences.
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Verity
Narrated by Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
★ 4.74 ABR Score (4.0M ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (3.9M) ★ 4.51 Audible (137.0K)8h 10m listening time • Released 2019The dual narration transforms this psychological thriller into something genuinely unnerving—each narrator pulls you deeper into a twisted conspiracy that rewires everything you thought you knew.
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The Housemaid's Secret
The Housemaid • Book 2
Narrated by Lauryn Allman
★ 4.66 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (1.8M) ★ 4.63 Audible (20.2K)9h 44m listening time • Released 2023McFadden's follow-up to The Housemaid doubles down on domestic suspense — more twists, a more complex heroine, and a villain who's genuinely unsettling.
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The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
Narrated by Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
Both novels weave unreliable narrators and dark family secrets into propulsive psychological thrillers that unfold through multiple perspectives, creating a gripping listening experience enhanced by their skilled ensemble casts. The similar runtime and comparable pacing make The Girl on the Train an ideal follow-up for listeners drawn to morally complex characters navigating trauma and mystery.
★ 4.49 ABR Score (3.5M ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (3.3M) ★ 4.36 Audible (140.9K)10h 58m listening time • Released 2015Hawkins's debut rode the Gone Girl wave and deserved every bit of it — three unreliable female narrators, a missing woman, and a twist that genuinely lands.
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Sharp Objects
by Gillian Flynn
Narrated by Ann Marie Lee
Both audiobooks deliver a chilling psychological depth through unreliable narration and dark family secrets, with Ann Marie Lee's intense performance mirroring the multi-narrator approach of The Family Upstairs to create an equally immersive and unsettling listening experience.
★ 4.49 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.44 Audible (41.9K)9h 34m listening time • Released 2006Flynn's debut announced one of crime fiction's sharpest voices — a journalist returns to her hometown to cover a murder and confronts wounds that never healed.
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Behind Closed Doors
by B.A. Paris
Narrated by Georgia Maguire
Both audiobooks deliver psychological suspense through unreliable perspectives and twisted family dynamics, with narration that pulls you deep into morally complex characters and their secrets. The similarly immersive listening experience—with Georgia Maguire's performance matching the intimate intensity of the ensemble cast in The Family Upstairs—creates that same page-turning tension about what's really happening behind closed doors.
★ 4.45 ABR Score (822.5K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (765.1K) ★ 4.41 Audible (57.4K)8h 40m listening time • Released 2016Paris's debut is a slow-burn domestic thriller — a perfect marriage with a terrible secret, told with a patience that makes the reveal all the more devastating.
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A Flicker in the Dark
by Stacy Willingham
Narrated by Karissa Vacker
Both audiobooks deliver psychological intensity through unreliable narrators grappling with dark family secrets and childhood trauma, while maintaining the same propulsive pacing that makes them impossible to pause. Willingham's singular narration by Karissa Vacker creates an equally immersive listening experience, drawing you into a protagonist's fractured perspective as she confronts a mystery rooted in her past.
★ 4.36 ABR Score (627.9K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (613.6K) ★ 4.38 Audible (14.3K)11h 6m listening time • Released 2022Willingham's debut is a tightly wound psychological thriller about a criminal psychologist whose past resurfaces when girls start disappearing near her hometown.
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The Informant
Butcher's Boy • Book 3
by Thomas Perry
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 4.36 ABR Score (7.2K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (5.5K) ★ 4.51 Audible (1.6K)10h 36m listening time • Released 2011Michael Kramer's narration transforms this into a taut cat-and-mouse game where every conversation crackles with tension. Perry's prose already cuts like a blade, but Kramer's measured delivery and sharp character work make the moral ambiguity between killer and cop absolutely magnetic.
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Lock Every Door
by Riley Sager
Narrated by Dylan Moore
Both audiobooks deliver immersive, character-driven mysteries with unreliable narrators and sinister domestic settings that keep you guessing until the final revelation. Dylan Moore's narration captures the same mounting dread and psychological tension that makes Tamaryn Payne, Bea Holland, and Dominic Thorburn's performances in The Family Upstairs so compelling.
★ 4.24 ABR Score (314.9K ratings)★ 3.88 Goodreads (307.0K) ★ 4.32 Audible (7.8K)10h 26m listening time • Released 2019Sager's gothic thriller about a young woman who takes a mysterious apartment-sitting job in a storied Manhattan building — creepy, clever, and compulsively readable.
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