Audiobooks Like The Vampire Lestat

Simon Vance gives Lestat a voice that's appropriately self-dramatizing without becoming campy — the 22-hour sweep from 18th-century Paris to modern rock stardom requires a narrator who can believe in the grandiosity, and Vance commits to the centuries with the same formal control he brings to everything. The recommendations reach into classic and gothic horror with similar length and atmosphere, with Vance himself narrating several, and all of them share that quality of horror that takes its own mythology seriously.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Vampire Lestat

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    Fangs

    Vampire Archives • Book 2

    by Otto Penzler, Kim Newman, Clive Barker, Anne Rice, Arthur Conan Doyle, Erik Davies

    Narrated by Peter Altschuler, Scott Brick, Susan Denaker, Susan Duerden, Stephen Hoye, Carrington MacDuffie, Robin Sachs, Simon Vance, Bob Walter, Steve West

    3.64 ABR Score (228 ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (160) ★ 4.09 Audible (68)
    18h 26m listening time • Released 2010

    A stellar ensemble cast transforms these vampire tales—each narrator finds the perfect voice for stories ranging from Gothic dread to sensual horror, making this anthology feel like a curated night of dark fiction rather than a slog through a collection.

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    Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird

    by Jonathan Maberry, R.L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, Victor LaValle, Robert E. Howard, Hailey Piper, H.P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, Usman T. Malik, James Aquilone, Michael A. Arnzen

    Narrated by Bronson Pinchot, Richard J. Brewer, Natalie Naudus, Joe Hempel, Dion Graham, Neil Hellegers, Zura Johnson, Simon Vance, Peter Berkrot, James Patrick Cronin, Gabrielle de Cuir, Grover Gardner, full cast

    3.59 ABR Score (285 ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (263) ★ 3.64 Audible (22)
    18h 44m listening time • Released 2023
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    Dracula

    by Bram Stoker

    Narrated by Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley

    4.68 ABR Score (1.5M ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.61 Audible (37.6K)
    15h 27m listening time • Released 2012
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    Clive Barker's The Books of Blood: Volume One

    Books of Blood • Book 1

    by Clive Barker

    Narrated by Simon Vance, Dick Hill, Peter Berkrot, Jeffrey Kafer, Chet Williamson, Chris Patton

    4.20 ABR Score (29.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (28.2K) ★ 4.37 Audible (1.3K)
    6h 51m listening time • Released 2013

    Six different narrators bring Barker's 16 horror stories to life with the precision they deserve—each voice perfectly matched to the grotesque intimacy of tales that redefined what short fiction horror could be.

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    Doctor Sleep

    The Shining • Book 2

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Will Patton

    4.75 ABR Score (340.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (300.4K) ★ 4.68 Audible (40.0K)
    18h 34m listening time • Released 2013
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    Salem's Lot

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Ron McLarty, Joe Hill

    4.65 ABR Score (695.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (667.2K) ★ 4.58 Audible (28.4K)
    17h 37m listening time • Released 2012
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    Christine

    by Stephen King, Marie Milpois

    Narrated by Holter Graham

    4.58 ABR Score (271.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (265.6K) ★ 4.74 Audible (5.6K)
    19h 35m listening time • Released 2016
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    Needful Things

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Stephen King

    4.52 ABR Score (293.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (281.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (12.1K)
    25h 11m listening time • Released 2016
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    Desperation

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Stephen King

    4.36 ABR Score (162.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (154.4K) ★ 4.48 Audible (7.9K)
    21h 15m listening time • Released 2016
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    The Mist (Previously Published as a Novella in 'Skeleton Crew')

    Skeleton Crew • Book 1

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Stephen King, Dylan Baker, Kyle Beltran, Matthew Broderick, Norbert Leo Butz, Michael C. Hall, Paul Giamatti, Dana Ivey, Will Patton, Robert Petkoff, David Morse, Lois Smith, Frances Sternhagen

    4.34 ABR Score (190.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (183.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (6.2K)
    22h 29m listening time • Released 2016

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