Audiobooks Like Zero Days

Imogen Church narrates Ruth Ware with a cool, driven intensity that suits a protagonist who thinks faster than she acts safely — the techno-thriller urgency never becomes hysterical, and Church's delivery over 14 hours gives the wrongly-accused chase its rhythm. She has done enough Ware to know when to pull back. Five of the recommendations are narrated by Church herself on other Ruth Ware novels, and the author appears on four more, making the list essentially a complete Church-Ware collection for listeners who want the same calibrated tension in every session.

10 audiobooks for fans of Zero Days

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    The Turn of the Key

    by Ruth Ware

    Narrated by Imogen Church

    4.36 ABR Score (346.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (331.7K) ★ 4.44 Audible (15.1K)
    12h 13m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Lying Game

    by Ruth Ware

    Narrated by Imogen Church

    3.99 ABR Score (223.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.52 Goodreads (216.7K) ★ 4.2 Audible (7.1K)
    13h 39m listening time • Released 2017
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    In a Dark, Dark Wood

    by Ruth Ware

    Narrated by Imogen Church

    4.19 ABR Score (416.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.71 Goodreads (402.8K) ★ 4.3 Audible (13.6K)
    9h 41m listening time • Released 2015

    Ware's debut is a hen-weekend thriller that starts as social comedy and turns genuinely terrifying — a woman attends a party and wakes up with no memory of what happened.

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    The Woman in Cabin 10

    Lo Blacklock • Book 1

    by Ruth Ware

    Narrated by Imogen Church

    4.10 ABR Score (802.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.72 Goodreads (785.3K) ★ 4.13 Audible (16.6K)
    11h 14m listening time • Released 2016

    Ware's maritime thriller is pure claustrophobic tension — a journalist witnesses a murder on a luxury cruise, except officially no one died.

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    Into the Water

    by Paula Hawkins

    Narrated by Laura Aikman, Sophie Aldred, Rachel Bavidge, Daniel Weyman, Imogen Church

    3.92 ABR Score (435.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.59 Goodreads (421.9K) ★ 3.98 Audible (13.9K)
    11h 32m listening time • Released 2017
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    Savage Son

    Terminal List • Book 3

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.88 ABR Score (65.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (36.5K) ★ 4.87 Audible (28.7K)
    12h 56m listening time • Released 2020

    Ray Porter transforms Carr's revenge thriller into pure adrenaline. His ability to shift between Reece's measured lethality and the chaos around him makes this the best entry in the series yet.

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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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    The Devil's Hand

    Terminal List • Book 4

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.83 ABR Score (53.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (31.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (22.0K)
    14h 37m listening time • Released 2021

    Ray Porter's gravelly delivery transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into something almost hypnotic—he makes every tactical detail and moral compromise feel inevitable, turning a sprawling post-9/11 reckoning into pure momentum.

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    Only the Dead

    Terminal List • Book 6

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.82 ABR Score (32.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (24.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (8.6K)
    15h 29m listening time • Released 2023

    Ray Porter's gravelly intensity transforms this geopolitical thriller into something that feels alarmingly plausible. By book six, Carr's Reece has earned the kind of narrator who makes conspiracy feel inevitable.

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    Red Sky Mourning

    Terminal List • Book 7

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.79 ABR Score (30.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (20.4K) ★ 4.84 Audible (9.8K)
    15h 43m listening time • Released 2024

    Ray Porter transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into pure propulsive force—his measured intensity and command of multiple voices make the sprawling conspiracy feel inevitable and terrifying rather than convoluted.

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