Audiobooks Like The Talented Mr. Ripley

Kevin Kenerly narrates The Talented Mr. Ripley with a studied smoothness that mirrors Tom Ripley's own performance of normalcy — there's almost no moral alarm in the delivery, which makes the escalating violence feel less shocking and more inevitable over 10 hours. All ten recommendations here have won awards, and listeners drawn to the way this audiobook makes darkness feel elegant and unhurried will find the same caliber of morally complex, literary craft rewarded throughout this list.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Talented Mr. Ripley

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    Then She Was Gone

    by Lisa Jewell

    Narrated by Helen Duff

    4.61 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.56 Audible (84.7K)
    10h 12m listening time • Released 2018

    Jewell'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

    4.53 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.53 Audible (15.4K)
    10h 31m listening time • Released 2023

    Jewell'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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    Orphan X

    Orphan X • Book 1

    by Gregg Hurwitz

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.50 ABR Score (82.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (56.7K) ★ 4.53 Audible (25.7K)
    11h 15m listening time • Released 2016

    Scott Brick's relentless delivery transforms this into a page-turner you can't pause—a tight, expertly crafted thriller that proves spy fiction doesn't need sprawl to hit hard.

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    Behind Closed Doors

    by B.A. Paris

    Narrated by Georgia Maguire

    4.45 ABR Score (822.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (765.1K) ★ 4.41 Audible (57.4K)
    8h 40m listening time • Released 2016

    Paris'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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    The Family Upstairs

    The Family Upstairs • Book 1

    by Lisa Jewell

    Narrated by Tamaryn Payne, Bea Holland, Dominic Thorburn

    4.41 ABR Score (589.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (574.9K) ★ 4.46 Audible (14.8K)
    9h 36m listening time • Released 2019

    Jewell's cult-thriller slowly reveals how a normal London family became entangled with a charismatic stranger — built on dread, masterfully paced.

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    A Flicker in the Dark

    by Stacy Willingham

    Narrated by Karissa Vacker

    4.36 ABR Score (627.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (613.6K) ★ 4.38 Audible (14.3K)
    11h 6m listening time • Released 2022

    Willingham'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 2011

    Michael 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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    The Wrong Sister

    by Claire Douglas

    Narrated by Eleanor Tomlinson

    4.27 ABR Score (56.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (54.1K) ★ 4.51 Audible (1.8K)
    8h 55m listening time • Released 2025

    Eleanor Tomlinson's dual narration captures the sisters' fractured trust so effectively that you'll second-guess every revelation. A twisty thriller that actually earns its final turn.

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    Lock Every Door

    by Riley Sager

    Narrated by Dylan Moore

    4.24 ABR Score (314.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (307.0K) ★ 4.32 Audible (7.8K)
    10h 26m listening time • Released 2019

    Sager'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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    Silent Horizons

    Silent Horizons • Book 1

    by Chad Robichaux, Jack Stewart

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.19 ABR Score (909 ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (415) ★ 4.67 Audible (494)
    9h 24m listening time • Released 2025

    Ray Porter's gravelly intensity makes Foster Quinn's solitary descent into Iran feel genuinely claustrophobic—this is a thriller that trusts silence as much as dialogue, and Porter knows exactly when to let it breathe.

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