Audiobooks Like Let the Right One In

Steven Pacey narrates Let the Right One In with a quiet, almost bleached restraint that mirrors the colorless Swedish winter setting — the horror accumulates slowly because Pacey refuses to rush it, and the 17-hour runtime gives each uneasy scene room to settle before the next. Two of these recommendations feature Pacey and one more shares this book's author, so if that subdued, patient register is what keeps you listening, the thread runs clearly through these picks.

10 audiobooks for fans of Let the Right One In

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    Handling the Undead

    by John Ajvide Lindqvist

    Narrated by Steven Pacey

    3.48 ABR Score (13.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.49 Goodreads (13.6K) ★ 3.67 Audible (277)
    11h 24m listening time • Released 2010

    Steven Pacey transforms what could be a gimmicky zombie premise into something genuinely unsettling—his performance captures the creeping dread and emotional wreckage of a world where the dead return but nothing makes sense.

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    The Ghosts of Sleath cover

    The Ghosts of Sleath

    David Ash • Book 2

    by James Herbert

    Narrated by Steven Pacey

    3.85 ABR Score (5.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (5.0K) ★ 4.22 Audible (88)
    14h 21m listening time • Released 2013

    Steven Pacey transforms Herbert's haunted village mystery into pure atmospheric dread—his voice shifts between investigator skepticism and creeping unease so convincingly you'll feel the terror seeping through Sleath's fog.

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    Pet Sematary

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Michael C. Hall

    4.82 ABR Score (738.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (708.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (29.8K)
    15h 41m listening time • Released 2018
  4. 4
    Doctor Sleep cover

    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
  5. 5
    Well Fed cover

    Well Fed

    Mountain Man • Book 4

    by Keith C. Blackmore

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.75 ABR Score (12.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.82 Audible (10.0K)
    16h 59m listening time • Released 2015

    R.C. Bray's gravel-voiced delivery transforms this post-apocalyptic manhunt into pure survival tension, making the fourth Mountain Man book feel like a high-stakes thriller despite its bloated runtime.

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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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    This Book Is Full of Spiders cover

    This Book Is Full of Spiders

    John Dies at the End • Book 2

    by David Wong, Jason Pargin

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.58 ABR Score (42.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (34.6K) ★ 4.59 Audible (7.3K)
    14h 49m listening time • Released 2012

    Nick Podehl nails the deadpan horror-comedy tone that makes Wong's weird, grotesque world feel genuinely terrifying and laugh-out-loud funny in the same breath. If you loved the first one, this sequel gets weirder and darker without losing the heart that makes you actually care about these two idiots saving the world.

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    If It Bleeds cover

    If It Bleeds

    Holly Gibney • Book 2

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Will Patton, Danny Burstein, Steven Weber

    4.53 ABR Score (147.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (129.6K) ★ 4.58 Audible (17.4K)
    15h 12m listening time • Released 2020
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    Interview with the Vampire

    The Vampire Chronicles • Book 1

    by Anne Rice

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    4.51 ABR Score (667.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (655.2K) ★ 4.5 Audible (12.5K)
    14h 24m listening time • Released 2011

    Simon Vance's performance transforms Rice's gothic confession into something hypnotic—his voice captures both the seductive languor and existential despair of a vampire's immortality with unsettling precision.

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