Audiobooks Like Then She Was Gone

10 audiobooks for fans of Then She Was Gone

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   The Family Upstairs

   The Family Upstairs • Book 1

   by Lisa Jewell

   Narrated by Tamaryn Payne, Bea Holland, Dominic Thorburn

   Lisa Jewell crafts another gripping psychological thriller with unreliable narrators and twisted family secrets that unfold through multiple perspectives, delivering the same page-turning tension as Then She Was Gone. The ensemble narration here creates an equally immersive listening experience, pulling you deeper into a darkly compelling mystery with stunning reveals.

   ★ 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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   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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   In the Blood

   Terminal List • Book 5

   by Jack Carr

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 4.86 ABR Score (52.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.49 Goodreads (27.6K) ★ 4.87 Audible (24.7K)

   12h 8m listening time • Released 2022

   Ray Porter's relentless delivery transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into something almost unbearably gripping—his voice makes Reece's obsession feel like your own.

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   Verity

   by Colleen Hoover

   Narrated by Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon

   ★ 4.74 ABR Score (4.0M ratings)

   ★ 4.29 Goodreads (3.9M) ★ 4.51 Audible (137.0K)

   8h 10m listening time • Released 2019

   The dual narration transforms this psychological thriller into something genuinely unnerving—each narrator pulls you deeper into a twisted conspiracy that rewires everything you thought you knew.

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   Misery

   by Stephen King

   Narrated by Lindsay Crouse

   Both audiobooks deliver psychological intensity through unreliable narratives and obsessive characters, with narrators who masterfully convey escalating dread and vulnerability. The gripping, page-turner pacing that makes Then She Was Gone impossible to pause translates directly to King's claustrophobic thriller, where the confined setting and intimate terror create an equally immersive listening experience.

   ★ 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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   The Housemaid's Secret

   The Housemaid • Book 2

   by Freida McFadden

   Narrated by Lauryn Allman

   ★ 4.66 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)

   ★ 4.16 Goodreads (1.8M) ★ 4.63 Audible (20.2K)

   9h 44m listening time • Released 2023

   McFadden's follow-up to The Housemaid doubles down on domestic suspense — more twists, a more complex heroine, and a villain who's genuinely unsettling.

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   The Lincoln Lawyer

   A Lincoln Lawyer Novel • Book 1

   by Michael Connelly

   Narrated by Adam Grupper

   ★ 4.60 ABR Score (279.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.23 Goodreads (258.9K) ★ 4.57 Audible (20.2K)

   11h 36m listening time • Released 2005

   Connelly's Mickey Haller debut is a legal thriller with genuine moral complexity — a defense attorney who operates from the back of a Lincoln Town Car and discovers his client is guilty.

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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

   Lisa Jewell's signature blend of psychological suspense and unreliable narrators reaches new heights in None of This is True, where a multi-narrator audiobook experience deepens the mystery and manipulation at the story's core. The same propulsive tension and exploration of obsession that makes Then She Was Gone compelling unfolds here with even greater complexity, enhanced by the distinct vocal performances that blur truth and deception.

   ★ 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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   The Girl on the Train

   by Paula Hawkins

   Narrated by Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher

   Both audiobooks deliver psychological tension through unreliable perspectives and fragmented timelines that keep you guessing until the final reveal, while their skilled narrators bring depth to complex female characters caught in dark mysteries. The immersive listening experience of The Girl on the Train offers a similarly gripping, page-turning quality that makes the extended runtime disappear.

   ★ 4.49 ABR Score (3.5M ratings)

   ★ 3.96 Goodreads (3.3M) ★ 4.36 Audible (140.9K)

   10h 58m listening time • Released 2015

   Hawkins'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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    Sharp Objects

    by Gillian Flynn

    Narrated by Ann Marie Lee

    Both audiobooks deliver psychological thrillers with unreliable narrators and dark family secrets, with equally immersive performances that make the twisting plots impossible to pause. Sharp Objects shares the same propulsive pace and unsettling atmosphere, exploring how past trauma shapes present violence through a deeply personal investigation.

    ★ 4.49 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)

    ★ 4 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.44 Audible (41.9K)

    9h 34m listening time • Released 2006

    Flynn's debut announced one of crime fiction's sharpest voices — a journalist returns to her hometown to cover a murder and confronts wounds that never healed.

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