10 audiobooks for fans of The Maidens by Michaelides, Alex
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The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides
Narrated by Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
★ 4.68 ABR Score (3.4M ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (3.4M) ★ 4.53 Audible (86.9K)8h 33m listening time • Released 2019Louise Brealey's icy narration as Alicia makes this twisted psychological thriller impossible to put down, especially when paired with Hawkins' obsessive intensity unraveling the unreliable mystery at its core.
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The Fury
by Alex Michaelides
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.64 ABR Score (242.3K ratings)★ 3.36 Goodreads (240.1K) ★ 3.81 Audible (2.2K)8h 8m listening time • Released 2024 -
The Last Thing He Told Me
The Last Thing He Told Me • Book 1
Narrated by Rebecca Lowman
★ 4.15 ABR Score (59.1K ratings)★ 3.5 Goodreads (4) ★ 4.37 Audible (59.1K)9h 4m listening time • Released 2021 -
Frost Line
by Linda Howard, Linda Winstead Jones, Unknown Author
Narrated by Abby Craden
★ 3.81 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)★ 3.5 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.28 Audible (166)8h 54m listening time • Released 2016 -
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
★ 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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The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
Narrated by Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
★ 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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Him
Him • Book 1
by J.D. Kirk
Narrated by David Tennant, Louise Brealey
★ 4.23 ABR Score (7.6K ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 4.54 Audible (3.3K)9h 28m listening time • Released 2025Tennant and Brealey's dual narration transforms this AI thriller into something genuinely unsettling—their voices blur the line between human and digital so seamlessly that you'll second-guess what's real.
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Stone the Dead Crows
The Sharif Thrillers • Book 2
by Carrie Magillen
Narrated by Joanne Froggatt, Louise Brealey
★ 4.05 ABR Score (953 ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (714) ★ 4.4 Audible (239)10h 50m listening time • Released 2021Froggatt and Brealey elevate this twisted family thriller into something genuinely unsettling—their vocal chemistry makes the sisters' desperation feel painfully real as lies unravel faster than trust can hold.
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Lie Beside Me
DCI Jonah Sheens • Book 3
by Gytha Lodge
Narrated by Louise Brealey, John Hopkins
★ 3.99 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.38 Audible (160)10h 4m listening time • Released 2021Louise Brealey and John Hopkins create a claustrophobic dual perspective that makes this unreliable-narrator mystery feel like eavesdropping on a confession. Lodge's third Sheens novel finally lets the detective breathe, and the audiobook's split narration makes you question everything you just heard.
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Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Edge of War
Red Dragon Rising • Book 2
Narrated by Luke Daniels
★ 3.85 ABR Score (690 ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (547) ★ 4.2 Audible (143)11h 24m listening time • Released 2010Luke Daniels transforms this geopolitical thriller into a propulsive listen, shifting seamlessly between covert ops tension and military strategy—making the intricate spy-versus-spy plot feel genuinely urgent.
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