Horror bestsellers

The Jolley-Rogers and the Monster's Gold

The Jolley-Rogers series

By: Jonny Duddle
Narrated by: Amy Enticknap & Paul Panting
Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

When Matilda discovers a treasure map inside an old bottle, she shows it to the Jolley-Rogers and they all set sail to find the mysterious island on the map. Unfortunately, they end up in the belly of the dastardly Pirate Cruncher! Can Matilda and the rest of the Jolly-Rogers rescue themselves before it is too late? Or will they end up trapped... Read more

Mexican Gothic

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

“A bit spooky with some underlining themes of science and the power of racism. There’s a feel of modern Bronte sisters here which adds to the intrigue of this original gothic tale. I loved Noemi, the well-educated bright young protagonist who has a great sense of justice and can stare down evil all while being sophisticated and alluring. Great... Read more

Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle
Narrated by: André Santana, Charlie Jane Anders, CJ Leede, Georgia Bird, Liz Kerin, Mara Wilson, Mark Oshiro, Sarah Gailey, Stephen Graham Jones, T. Kingfisher & TJ Klune
Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

“Bury Your Gays is the right amount of fun, gore and emotional that I expected and I totally LOVED IT. The cynical gaze on the instrumentalisation of the LGBTQIA+ representation and the multiple twists on why everything is happening made it an instant book crush for me. Read more

We Used to Live Here

A Novel

By: Marcus Kliewer
Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker & Corey Brill
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

“This is spooky and unsettling and mind-boggling and insane. I was hooked from the very beginning with truly no idea where I'd end up. This ain't your daddy's horror novel. Get ready for existential dread, stranger danger, changelings, and the horrifying sense that everyone around you is lying. Read more

Horror Movie

A Novel

By: Paul Tremblay
Narrated by: Ari Fliakos, Dani Martineck, Micky Shiloah, Michael Crouch, Frankie Corzo, Stacy Gonzalez, Tyla Collier, Ariel Blake, Johnathan McClain, Dan Bittner, Eva Kaminsky & Gisela Chipe
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

“This was an amazing listening experience. The writing flows like a long awaited tell-all memoir, and the twist at the end was so eerily foreshadowed that suspense ran through every minute. Every actor played their role to perfection, and the added sound effects and music made Horror Movie's in-book scenes feel all too real. This is one thriller... Read more

Christmas and Other Horrors

An Anthology of Solstice Horror

By: Ellen Datlow
Narrated by: Carrie Coello & Andrew J. Andersen
Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

“Just how well do you truly know the myths and legends surrounding this time of year? I’m not talking about the Jolly Old Elf. We’ve heard plenty enough of those stories. No, what I’m talking about are the old stories of the Winter Solstice – tales that retain a foothold upon the darkest corners of the human psyche to this day. Tales that... Read more

11/22/63

A Novel

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Craig Wasson
Length: 30 hours 39 minutes

One of the Ten Best Books of The New York Times Book Review
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963, THREE SHOTS RANG OUT IN DALLAS, PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIED, AND THE WORLD CHANGED. WHAT IF YOU COULD CHANGE IT BACK?

In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King—who has absorbed the social, political, and popular... Read more

Diavola

By: Jennifer Thorne
Narrated by: Andi Arndt
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

“If you think this is a story about a dysfunctional family finding common ground and mutual respect after encountering a murderous spirit in their gorgeous Italian Airbnb, then you better think again. This horror novel, led by the black sheep of the infuriating Pace family, will enrage you, scare you, make you laugh, and make you lust for blood. Read more

The Reformatory

A Novel

By: Tananarive Due
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 20 hours 51 minutes

“This was hands down my favorite book of the year! Tananarive Due has written a powerful southern horror novel set in Florida during the Jim Crow era. Twelve year old Robbie Stephens is sent to the segregated Gracetown School for Boys for protecting his sister against the advances of the white son of the most powerful man in town. Not only does... Read more

The Only Good Indians

By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

“It doesn't get better than this! I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing as I was listening to this book. If you haven't yet had the experience of scrubbing a shower floor and feeling a terror previously unknown, this is the story for you! Read more

The Hollow Places

By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

“This book was a trip! I did not know what I was getting myself into when I started this audiobook. Get ready for an adventure into the weird world of T. Kingfisher and her fantastically creepy telling of a woman's return home after divorce. Kara has been welcomed by her uncle to stay in an empty room in his Wonder Museum, a weird and wonderful... Read more

Memorials

By: Richard Chizmar
Narrated by: Michael Crouch & Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 15 hours 25 minutes

“Appalachian folklore has rules. Don't whistle in the woods at night, trust no one, including yourself, and most importantly, when the locals warn you to leave, you do it. A lesson learned the hard way by three college students who decide to do a school project on roadside memorials deep in the Appalachians of Pennsylvania. As their nightmare... Read more

Incidents Around the House

A Novel

By: Josh Malerman
Narrated by: Delanie Nicole Gill
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

“Exactly the dread and horror I have been looking for this year. Captures the fear you feel as a kid when you learn that your parents can't save you from everything. It Follows meets Poltergeist. Read more

Alice Isn't Dead

A Novel

By: Joseph Fink
Narrated by: Jasika Nicole
Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

“Joseph Fink is my hero for making extreme anxiety a superpower and something from which a person can draw strength. Like the Welcome to Night Vale novels, Alice Isn’t Dead evinces a gentleness throughout the story, but as with Keisha, the protagonist, don’t mistake that for weakness. This novel is a road trip into the depths of human love even... Read more

Krampus

By: Brom
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 16 hours 16 minutes

“Terrific. A wild ride….I loved it. It hooked me and I couldn’t put it down.”
—Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy""Brom is that rare breed: a person who is skilled in more than one area of artistic expression. Here's hoping that he will continue to share his dark and often beautiful dreams with us for many years to come."" --Christopher Paolini,... Read more

The September House

By: Carissa Orlando
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Length: 13 hours 31 minutes

“There is blood running down the walls again. It must be September I have so much to say about this book! Is Margaret's house really haunted or is she mentally ill, as her daughter suspects? Who knows? This is a macabre yet darkly funny story that I could not put down. Gory ghosts, bloody walls, dead children and a missing husband, nothing is off... Read more

The Daughters' War

Blacktongue

By: Christopher Buehlman
Narrated by: Nikki Garcia
Length: 13 hours 14 minutes

“After finishing The Blacktongue Thief, I found myself truly missing that weird dark world where, somehow, there was pretty decent parity between the sexes, not to mention delightful and terrifying magic. The Daughter's War, set as a prequel, is a strong, standalone story. It fleshes out Galva's background while making the reader feel the... Read more

Vampires of El Norte

By: Isabel Cañas
Narrated by: Jose Nateras & Krysta Gonzales
Length: 12 hours 1 minute

“A love story first, vampire story second, we follow two young lovers as they find each other again after a monstrous attack. Amidst the carnage - and vampires - of war in 1840s Mexico, this book has atmosphere to spare. Light on scares, it's a good place to dip your toes into spookier waters. Read more

Never Whistle at Night

An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Narrated by: Erin Tripp, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Joelle Peters, Kaniehtiio Horn, Lisa Cromarty, Maika Harper, Shane Ghostkeeper, Sheldon Elter & Tara Sky
Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

“From spine tingling creatures to monstrous humans, this collection of short stories covers so many different tales from a group of Indigenous voices that I'm excited to read more from. Each new story had me on the edge of my seat with a variety of thrills, horrors and the constant reminder that darkness and evil exist in many shapes. Read more

Nightbooks

By: J. A. White
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

A boy is imprisoned by a witch and must tell her a new scary story each night to stay alive. This thrilling contemporary fantasy from J. A. White, the acclaimed author of the Thickety series, brings to life the magic and craft of storytelling. Alex’s original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping the witch Natacha happy, but soon he’ll... Read more

The Shining

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Campbell Scott
Length: 15 hours 49 minutes

“This is by far my favorite Stephen King novel. I saw the movie when I was 12 and could not wait to get my hands on the book. The Overlook Hotel has a fascinating history of murder, madness and malevolent spirits. The Torrance family move in for the winter as caretakers and quickly discover that this is not a normal hotel. Their young son Danny... Read more

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Cara Gee
Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

“This book is for all the slasher fans out there! Think you know all there is to know about surviving a psycho slasher? Jade Daniels LIVES for surviving her own real life slasher flick. With an abusive father, absentee mother and not a friend in the world, Jade lives in a world of her own making, until it's not. She sees a serial killer in every... Read more

I Was A Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Michael Crouch & Stephen Graham Jones
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

“Didn’t think I could actually love a slasher character, but in this subversion of the genre I truly connected with Tali Driver! Read more

The Angel of Indian Lake

The Indian Lake Trilogy

By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Isabella Star LaBlanc, Barbara Crampton, Angela Goethals, Andrew J. Robinson & Stephen Graham Jones
Length: 16 hours 30 minutes

“It's been 4 years since Jade Daniels last set foot in Proofrock, Idaho and things are still not yet settled for either the town, nor the people that call it home. One final obstacle awaits them all - the 'Curse of the Lake Witch'. Fans of Stephen Graham Jones and his lndian Lake Trilogy will delight at the twists and turns of the finale! Read more

The Blacktongue Thief

Blacktongue: Book #1

By: Christopher Buehlman
Narrated by: Christopher Buehlman
Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

“Come for the battle ravens, stay for the probably-bewitched cat! Buehlman's latest will have you laughing one moment and gasping the next, and you'll wonder what fascinating new concept he'll come up with next. As Kinch Na Shannack takes an epic journey, you explore this exquisitely built world with him, your sardonic narrator, along with... Read more

Lone Women

A Novel

By: Victor LaValle
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

“Victor LaValle gets better and better with every new novel. A master of literary horror, he takes literal monsters and ghosts - in this case in the historical context of early 20th century Montana homesteaders - and uses them to reflect back on our contemporary society and all of its metaphorical monsters and ghosts. In the harsh and solitary... Read more

Shark Night

By: R. L. Stine
Narrated by: Ramón de Ocampo
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Lots of kids dream of being on TV—but for Liam it’s a NIGHTMAREAlone in a giant water tank, Liam, holding a camera, watches as a twenty-foot-long hammerhead shark is about to be lowered in with him. This is not where he thought his day was going.Liam is helping his mom film a documentary for the Danger Channel.A twelve-year-old battling a shark!... Read more

How to Sell a Haunted House

By: Grady Hendrix
Narrated by: Jay Aaseng & Mikhaila Aaseng
Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

“Remember that feeling of staying up late, reading a spooky Goosebumps book by flashlight under your blanket? How to Sell a Haunted House is kind of like that, but 100x more terrifying. Each element of this novel on its own is enough to give me nightmares (puppets, body horror, creepy children, etc), but combine them and you will never sleep... Read more

Devolution

A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

By: Max Brooks
Narrated by: Judy Greer, Max Brooks, Jeff Daniels, Nathan Fillion, Mira Furlan, Terry Gross, Kimberly Guerrero, Kate Mulgrew, Kai Ryssdal & Steven Weber
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

“Take a natural disaster, an isolated community, and the Bigfoot legend, and you are rewarded with a suspenseful spooky tale that may or may not be a good idea to read in an isolated location in the woods. You will be kept on the edge of your seat as you devour this survival/adventure story mashed up with a mystery that unfolds through a... Read more

Model Home

A Novel

By: Rivers Solomon
Narrated by: Gabby Beans
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel.

The three Maxwell siblings keep their distance from the lily-white gated enclave outside Dallas where they grew up. When their family moved there, they were the only Black family in the neighborhood. The neighbors acted nice enough, but right away bad... Read more

The Winter Spirits

Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

By: Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Natasha Pulley, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Stuart Turton, Catriona Ward, Laura Shepherd-Robinson & Susan Stokes-Chapman
Narrated by: Mark Bonnar, Rona Morison, Sian Clifford & Tim McInnerny
Length: 12 hours 9 minutes

FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON COMES A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GHOSTLY TALES.

'Terrific - every bit as good as an MR James collection' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN

Featuring new and original stories from:

Bridget Collins, author of The Binding
Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock
Kiran... Read more

Slewfoot

A Tale of Bewitchery

By: Brom
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

“A dark and vengeful historical fantasy full of excellent storytelling. This book is both a mystical fairytale, and an intense horror novel that will keep you listening to see what happens next! Fans of Guillermo Del Toro films will devour this book. Read more

A Botanical Daughter

By: Noah Medlock
Narrated by: Keval Shah
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

“This farcical and grotesque romp details the lives of a gay couple in Victorian England who create their very own Frankenstein-esque daughter out of a propagating mushroom species and the housemaid who falls in love with her. With an Oscar Wilde level of capriciousness and camp, horrific descriptions of gore and murder, sapphic yearnings, and... Read more

Into the Drowning Deep

By: Mira Grant
Narrated by: Christine Lakin
Length: 17 hours 15 minutes

“This book is a masterpiece. Horror story about mermaids. Such a good monster book. Read more

So Thirsty

By: Rachel Harrison
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

“Friendship forever! Great narration. A unique coming of age story. Read more

The Sacrifice

By: Rin Chupeco
Narrated by: Pun Bandhu
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

An island oasis turns deadly when a terrifying legend threatens to kill off visitors one by one in this haunting novel from the highly acclaimed author of The Girl from the Well and the Bone Witch trilogy.Pristine beaches, lush greenery, and perfect weather, the island of Kisapmata would be the vacation destination … if not for the curse. The... Read more

Natural Beauty

A Novel

By: Ling Ling Huang
Narrated by: Carolyn Kang
Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

“How far is too far when it comes to self-care? Natural Beauty is uncomfortable, cringe worthy, and grotesque. Huang's writing feels like a dark, mysterious symphony that leads you to places where you weren't ready to go. When you pick this up, drop any other plans you won't want to put this down. Read more

Mister Magic

A Novel

By: Kiersten White
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman & Kiersten White
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

“This is what nightmares are made of: our favorite children's shows being run by a cult. I literally could not put this book down. I was mesmerized by the '80s and '90s television nostalgia, the cluelessness of Val's character, and the magical power of childhood friendships. White's writing style and the format (c'mon the chapter titles!) was... Read more

The Twisted Ones

By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Winner of the RUSA Award for Best Horror

When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she finds long-hidden secrets about a strange colony of beings in the woods in this chilling novel that reads like The Blair Witch Project meets The Andy Griffith Show.

When Mouse’s dad asks her to clean out her dead... Read more

Bad Cree

A Novel

By: Jessica Johns
Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

“Bad Cree is a gem. A gore-laden love song dedicated to Aunties, Sisters, Cousins, and Mothers. When nightmares become all too real, there is rarely anyone better to turn to. Jessica Johns' prose is smooth, original, and paints vividly with the imagination; maintaining a delicate tension throughout and propelling the reader forward. Even in this... Read more

Middle of the Night

A Novel

By: Riley Sager
Narrated by: Santino Fontana
Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

“Riley Sager is a master of thrillers. I'm a sucker for trying to figure out what happened. The audio for this was great. I switched between audio and the arc. I enjoyed the pacing, the investigation, and the slight creepy vibes the novel gave. This was well thought out and executed well. Also the cover is exquisite.... Also I just love love love... Read more

Pet Sematary

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Michael C. Hall
Length: 15 hours 40 minutes

“If you're going to read one scary book, let it be Pet Sematary by Stephen King. I don't scare very easily as an avid horror reader, but this one really kept me up at night, and made me highly suspicious of my cat for weeks after. Read more

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires

By: Grady Hendrix
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

“1990's Southern hospitality? True crime book clubs? Sweetly affected accents? An almost too charming nextdoor neighbor who just might also want to suck your blood? This southern vampire masterpiece follows the life of Patricia, who, aside from having an overworking husband, a senile mother-in-law, and two hormonal children, looks forward to her... Read more

Camp Damascus

By: Chuck Tingle
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

“Neverton is home to the only gay conversion camp in the country to boast a 100% success rate: Camp Damascus. God-fearing Rose Darling knows all about the camp from the commercials starring the charismatic Pastor Pete Bend. But when Rose starts coughing up flies and getting flashes of a life she doesn't remember living -- and a girl she doesn't... Read more

Sleep Tight

By: J. H. Markert
Narrated by: Andi Arndt
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

“This is an old-school horror/thriller that features a recently executed serial killer aptly named Father Silence. He has a cult following who wants nothing more than to resurrect him and seek revenge on those that contributed to his arrest and subsequent death. Now, there is a new serial killer in town, the Outcast. Kidnappings, gruesome... Read more

The Stand

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 47 hours 43 minutes

This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death.

And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky... Read more

The Eyes Are the Best Part

By: Monika Kim
Narrated by: Jaine Ye
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

“In this anxiety-inducing look at a young Korean-American's nosedive, the reader is treated to squirming social interactions, cathartic acts of racial justice, and deeply authentic family dynamics, with streams of gore flowing throughout. Choked full of commentary centered around Asian-American discrimination, this novel, and Ji-won specifically,... Read more

The Vampire Lestat

Vampire Chronicles: Book #2

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 21 hours 39 minutes

Lestat. The vampire hero of Anne Rice’s enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying... Read more

Holly

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Justine Lupe & Stephen King
Length: 15 hours 35 minutes

#1 New York Times Bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of the Year

Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and resourceful characters, returns in this chilling “exploration of grief and delusion, just pure undistilled evil” (New York magazine) as she uncovers the truth behind multiple disappearances in a... Read more

Frankenstein

By: Mary Shelley
Narrated by: Cori Samuel
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and bestowing animation upon lifeless... Read more