Audiobooks Like The Sanatorium

If you loved The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of Gemma Whelan's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Sanatorium

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    Don't Let Him In

    The Family Upstairs Series

    by Lisa Jewell

    Narrated by Richard Armitage, Joanne Froggatt, Tamaryn Payne, Gemma Whelan, Louise Brealey, Patience Tomlinson

    ★ 4.23 ABR Score (207.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.76 Goodreads (201.4K) ★ 4.41 Audible (5.7K)
    12h 14m listening time • Released 2025

    A stellar ensemble cast transforms this psychological thriller into something unmissable: each narrator embodies their character so distinctly you'll forget it's not a full cast production, amplifying the paranoia as three women's timelines converge around one dangerous man.

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    Three Hours

    by Rosamund Lupton

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan

    ★ 4.06 ABR Score (24.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (24.2K) ★ 4.08 Audible (25)
    10h 1m listening time • Released 2020
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    Let Me Lie

    by Clare Mackintosh

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan, Clare Mackintosh

    ★ 3.98 ABR Score (44.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.8 Goodreads (44.0K) ★ 4.16 Audible (808)
    11h 57m listening time • Released 2018
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    The Blue Hour

    by Paula Hawkins

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan, Paula Hawkins

    ★ 3.68 ABR Score (77.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.26 Goodreads (77.2K) ★ 4.43 Audible (7)
    10h 17m listening time • Released 2024
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    They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story

    Roy Grace #19.5

    by Peter James

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan

    ★ 4.06 ABR Score (4.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (4.1K)
    12h 10m listening time • Released 2024
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    The Mother

    by T.M. Logan

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan

    ★ 3.92 ABR Score (17.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (17.4K) ★ 4 Audible (3)
    12h 40m listening time • Released 2023
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    The String Diaries

    The String Diaries • Book 1

    by Stephen Lloyd Jones

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan

    ★ 3.86 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.76 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.12 Audible (94)
    13h 32m listening time • Released 2014
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    You're Right Next Door

    The Sharif Thrillers • Book 3

    by Carrie Magillen

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan, Miriam Margolyes, Toby Jones

    ★ 3.77 ABR Score (240 ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (238) ★ 4 Audible (2)
    9h 35m listening time • Released 2024
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    Bad Blood

    by Sarah Hornsley

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan

    ★ 3.64 ABR Score (820 ratings)
    ★ 3.47 Goodreads (819) ★ 4 Audible (1)
    10h 31m listening time • Released 2025
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    What Alice Knew

    by T.A. Cotterell

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan

    ★ 3.33 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.22 Goodreads (2.1K)
    9h 38m listening time • Released 2017
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