Audiobooks Like The Institute

10 audiobooks for fans of The Institute

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   Billy Summers

   by Stephen King

   Narrated by Paul Sparks

   ★ 4.66 ABR Score (229.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.18 Goodreads (195.3K) ★ 4.66 Audible (33.9K)

   16h 57m listening time • Released 2021

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   The Outsider

   Holly Gibney • Book 1

   by Stephen King

   Narrated by Will Patton

   ★ 4.57 ABR Score (451.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.02 Goodreads (386.6K) ★ 4.57 Audible (64.6K)

   18h 41m listening time • Released 2018

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   Misery

   by Stephen King

   Narrated by Lindsay Crouse

   ★ 4.73 ABR Score (859.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.23 Goodreads (847.7K) ★ 4.76 Audible (11.3K)

   12h 11m listening time • Released 2016

   King's most intimate horror — a writer held captive by his 'number one fan' is a story about creativity, survival, and the dangerous power of an audience.

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   True Believer

   Terminal List • Book 2

   by Jack Carr

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 4.78 ABR Score (76.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.35 Goodreads (43.6K) ★ 4.8 Audible (32.9K)

   15h 44m listening time • Released 2019

   Ray Porter's narration transforms Reece's moral descent into something hypnotic—his voice carries the weight of each kill with enough restraint that you feel the damage accumulating. A thriller that uses silence as effectively as gunfire.

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   Consent to Kill

   Mitch Rapp • Book 8

   by Vince Flynn

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.72 ABR Score (66.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.41 Goodreads (53.1K) ★ 4.73 Audible (13.6K)

   17h 16m listening time • Released 2005

   George Guidall's gravelly intensity makes this high-stakes thriller about a CIA operative hunted by his own enemies feel genuinely urgent and personal.

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   Transfer of Power

   Mitch Rapp • Book 3

   by Vince Flynn

   Narrated by Nick Sullivan

   ★ 4.63 ABR Score (76.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.35 Goodreads (61.0K) ★ 4.61 Audible (15.0K)

   16h 43m listening time • Released 2011

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   The Power of the Dog

   Power of the Dog • Book 1

   by Don Winslow

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 4.58 ABR Score (59.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.37 Goodreads (49.4K) ★ 4.57 Audible (10.1K)

   20h 13m listening time • Released 2008

   Ray Porter's narration transforms this sprawling drug war saga into something unputdownable—his voice work across dozens of characters makes the corruption and violence feel intimately personal rather than distant.

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   You

   You • Book 1

   by Caroline Kepnes

   Narrated by Santino Fontana

   ★ 4.13 ABR Score (294.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.96 Goodreads (294.5K) ★ 4.43 Audible (86)

   11h 6m listening time • Released 2016

   Kepnes's stalker thriller told from the killer's perspective is darkly funny and genuinely disturbing — Joe's internal monologue reframes romantic obsession as the horror it is.

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   Only the Dead

   Terminal List • Book 6

   by Jack Carr

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 4.82 ABR Score (32.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.54 Goodreads (24.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (8.6K)

   15h 29m listening time • Released 2023

   Ray Porter's gravelly intensity transforms this geopolitical thriller into something that feels alarmingly plausible. By book six, Carr's Reece has earned the kind of narrator who makes conspiracy feel inevitable.

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    Red Sky Mourning

    Terminal List • Book 7

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.79 ABR Score (30.2K ratings)

    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (20.4K) ★ 4.84 Audible (9.8K)

    15h 43m listening time • Released 2024

    Ray Porter transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into pure propulsive force—his measured intensity and command of multiple voices make the sprawling conspiracy feel inevitable and terrifying rather than convoluted.

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