Best Bernadette Dunne Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Bernadette Dunne — 5 titles spanning Self-Help, Horror, Literature & Fiction, averaging 3.90 ABR stars.

Bernadette Dunne is the narrator Shirley Jackson deserves — her readings of The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle are definitive, capturing Jackson's creeping dread and dark domestic humor with a voice that is both proper and deeply unsettling. She brings that same quality to Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride, navigating complex female characters with intelligence and bite. Dunne's voice is clear, mature, and controlled, with an undertone of unease that makes her perfect for literary horror and psychological fiction. She handles the anthology 21st Century Dead with the same steady hand. Her delivery is never melodramatic — the horror comes from her composure. Listeners who love classic and contemporary literary horror will find Dunne's narration absolutely essential.

Where to Start with Bernadette Dunne

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    Practice WorkBook based on Mindset By Carol S. Dweck Ph.D.: The Gym for Healthy Mindsets. A training platform for effective mindset growth. cover

    Practice WorkBook based on Mindset By Carol S. Dweck Ph.D.: The Gym for Healthy Mindsets. A training platform for effective mindset growth.

    by Dylan Hart

    Narrated by Bernadette Dunne

    ★ 4.07 ABR Score (8.1K ratings)
    ★ 5 Goodreads (5) ★ 4.62 Audible (8.1K)
    10h 23m listening time • Released 2019
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    We Have Always Lived in the Castle cover

    We Have Always Lived in the Castle

    by Shirley Jackson, Jonathan Lethem

    Narrated by Bernadette Dunne

    ★ 4.06 ABR Score (307.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (301.7K) ★ 4.12 Audible (5.8K)
    5h 32m listening time • Released 2010
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    "The Haunting of Hill House Novel cover

    "The Haunting of Hill House Novel

    by Shirley Jackson

    Narrated by Bernadette Dunne

    ★ 3.93 ABR Score (413.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (402.1K) ★ 3.98 Audible (11.3K)
    7h 27m listening time • Released 2010
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    The Robber Bride cover

    The Robber Bride

    by Margaret Atwood

    Narrated by Bernadette Dunne

    ★ 3.91 ABR Score (51.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (50.1K) ★ 4.23 Audible (893)
    20h 12m listening time • Released 2011
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    21st Century Dead

    Dead of Night #1.1 Jack and Jill

    by Christopher Golden, John M. McIlveen, Rio Youers

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Cassandra Campbell, Bernadette Dunne, Richard Powers, Kirby Heyborne, Malcolm Hillgartner, Chris Patton, John Pruden, Renée Raudman, Stefan Rudnicki

    ★ 3.51 ABR Score (897 ratings)
    ★ 3.45 Goodreads (790) ★ 3.75 Audible (107)
    12h 36m listening time • Released 2012
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