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
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 2015Julia 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 -
Make Me King
Mountain Man • Book 5
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 2020R.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
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 2014Julia 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 2015R.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 2018Ray 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 2017Dawe 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 2020Sager'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 -
My Best Friend's Exorcism
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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