Audiobooks Like The Troop

Corey Brill narrates this wilderness body-horror novel with a matter-of-fact evenness that makes the escalating grotesquerie more disturbing than a heightened delivery would — he doesn't editorialize, which means the horror belongs entirely to what's happening on the island across 11 hours. The restraint is exactly right for a story about how quickly civilization can dissolve. The recommendations share the same unflinching genre and include one narrated by the author himself, all of them willing to go to dark places without softening the landing.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Troop

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    All the Stars in the Sky

    Until the End of the World • Book 3

    by Sarah Lyons Fleming

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    4.77 ABR Score (8.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.56 Goodreads (5.0K) ★ 4.81 Audible (3.7K)
    12h 19m listening time • Released 2015

    Julia Whelan's performance captures every fracture in Cassie's determination as Fleming delivers a finale that refuses easy answers—the emotional gut-punch you've been waiting three books for.

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    The Exorcist

    The Exorcist • Book 1

    by William Peter Blatty

    Narrated by William Peter Blatty, Eliana Shaskan

    4.73 ABR Score (284.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (274.5K) ★ 4.71 Audible (9.5K)
    12h 51m listening time • Released 2011
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    Make Me King

    Mountain Man • Book 5

    by Keith C. Blackmore

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.69 ABR Score (7.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.83 Audible (6.3K)
    11h 12m listening time • Released 2020

    R.C. Bray transforms this post-apocalyptic power struggle into something genuinely gripping—his vocal range makes every faction feel distinct, and the tension between survival and ambition hits harder through audio than it would on the page.

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    And After

    Until the End of the World • Book 2

    by Sarah Lyons Fleming

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    4.64 ABR Score (9.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (5.4K) ★ 4.71 Audible (3.8K)
    10h 48m listening time • Released 2014

    Julia Whelan's narration transforms this zombie sequel into something genuinely gripping—her delivery makes you believe every hard choice Cassie faces, turning post-apocalyptic dread into something you won't want to pause.

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    Exodus

    Arisen • Book 5

    by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.61 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.78 Audible (3.0K)
    12h 18m listening time • Released 2015

    R.C. Bray transforms this apocalyptic siege into something visceral and unbearable—his performance sells the desperation of exhausted soldiers facing impossible odds with such conviction you'll feel the dread yourself.

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    Still of Night

    Dead of Night • Book 3

    by Jonathan Maberry, Rachael Lavin

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.42 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (612) ★ 4.8 Audible (1.3K)
    11h 23m listening time • Released 2018

    Ray Porter transforms this zombie apocalypse into something grittier and more human than the genre typically allows—his voice work on multiple perspectives keeps the tension relentless across 11+ hours.

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    FantasticLand

    by Mike Bockoven

    Narrated by Angela Dawe, Luke Daniels

    4.35 ABR Score (70.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (53.8K) ★ 4.48 Audible (16.6K)
    10h 1m listening time • Released 2017

    Dawe and Daniels' dual narration transforms this disaster-into-horror investigation into something genuinely unsettling—their competing testimonies make you question every account of what actually happened at the park.

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    Home Before Dark

    by Riley Sager

    Narrated by Cady McClain, Jon Lindstrom

    4.34 ABR Score (327.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (320.3K) ★ 4.36 Audible (6.7K)
    11h 4m listening time • Released 2020

    Sager's haunted-house thriller deconstructs the genre in real time — a daughter returns to the house her father wrote about and finds his memoir was fiction.

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    Bird Box

    Bird Box • Book 1

    by Josh Malerman

    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell

    4.27 ABR Score (221.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (212.4K) ★ 4.27 Audible (9.2K)
    9h 8m listening time • Released 2014
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    My Best Friend's Exorcism

    by Grady Hendrix

    Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

    4.20 ABR Score (163.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (154.2K) ★ 4.26 Audible (9.4K)
    10h 11m listening time • Released 2016

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