Audiobooks Like The Woman in Black

Paapa Essiedu narrates The Woman in Black with a theatrical restraint that suits Susan Hill's ghost story — at five hours, the atmosphere accumulates through what isn't said as much as what is, and Essiedu's measured delivery keeps the dread from tipping into spectacle. The recommendations share that same quality of short, highly atmospheric horror and dark fantasy where the brevity is part of the point — these are listens built for a single sitting, designed to leave something behind.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Woman in Black

  1. 1
    The Small Hand cover

    The Small Hand

    by Susan Hill

    Narrated by Cameron Stewart

    3.72 ABR Score (7.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.47 Goodreads (7.6K) ★ 4.23 Audible (146)
    3h 32m listening time • Released 2011
  2. 2
    The Mist cover

    The Mist

    Skeleton Crew • Book 1

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Will Patton

    4.44 ABR Score (187.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (183.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (3.8K)
    5h 19m listening time • Released 2017
  3. 3
    The Thief of Always cover

    The Thief of Always

    by Clive Barker

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    4.39 ABR Score (38.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (37.8K) ★ 4.55 Audible (976)
    4h 20m listening time • Released 2013
  4. 4
    The Amityville Horror cover

    The Amityville Horror

    by Jay Anson

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.26 ABR Score (147.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (138.4K) ★ 4.38 Audible (8.7K)
    6h 28m listening time • Released 2009

    Ray Porter's deadpan delivery transforms this into pure psychological dread—he sells the slow-burn terror without ever overselling it, making the escalating haunting feel disturbingly plausible.

  5. 5
    I Am Legend cover

    I Am Legend

    by Richard Matheson

    Narrated by Robertson Dean

    4.23 ABR Score (170.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (154.9K) ★ 4.21 Audible (15.3K)
    5h 20m listening time • Released 2006

    Robertson Dean's narration transforms this claustrophobic isolation into something unbearably intimate—his performance captures both Neville's methodical survival and psychological unraveling with devastating precision.

  6. 6
    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
  7. 7
    Terror in the Shadows Vol. 11: Horror Short Stories Collection with Scary Ghosts, Paranormal & Supernatural Monsters cover

    Terror in the Shadows Vol. 11: Horror Short Stories Collection with Scary Ghosts, Paranormal & Supernatural Monsters

    Terror in the Shadows • Book 11

    by Kathryn St. John-Shin, Scare Street, Ron Ripley, David Longhorn, Sara Clancy, Anna Sinjin, Johnny Raven, Bronson Carey

    Narrated by Johnny Raven

    3.69 ABR Score (106 ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (82) ★ 4.83 Audible (24)
    6h 25m listening time • Released 2021
  8. 8
    Blithecraft: an anthology of weird tales cover

    Blithecraft: an anthology of weird tales

    by C.R. Tyroak

    Narrated by Gareth Richards

    3.46 ABR Score (17 ratings)
    ★ 5 Goodreads (3) ★ 3.93 Audible (14)
    6h 8m listening time • Released 2019

    Gareth Richards brings genuine menace to Tyroak's weird tales, each story landing harder because his narration knows exactly when to whisper and when to unsettle.

  9. 9
    Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire (Journalstone's Doubledown) cover

    Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire (Journalstone's Doubledown)

    Dead of Night #2.5 • Book 8

    by Jonathan Maberry, Rachael Lavin, Lucas Mangum

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.44 ABR Score (3.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (1.0K) ★ 4.72 Audible (2.8K)
    4h 59m listening time • Released 2016

    Ray Porter transforms this three-author collision into relentless audio thriller gold, his voice work cutting between hardened survivors with surgical precision as they race to save kids from both zombies and worse. A punchy novella that proves sometimes the human predators are scarier than the undead.

  10. 10
    Three Parts Dead cover

    Three Parts Dead

    Arisen • Book 3

    by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.36 ABR Score (3.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (514)
    6h 25m listening time • Released 2014

    R.C. Bray makes this zombie apocalypse crackle with precision and urgency—his voice work on the military operators feels so authentic you'll forget you're listening to fiction.

How We Rank Audiobooks

Rankings are driven by listener ratings and review counts from Audible and Goodreads. Books with high ratings across a large number of listeners rank higher — a 4.5 with 50,000 ratings says more than a 4.8 with 200.

Unlike most book lists, we weight audiobook-specific factors: narrator performance, production quality, and how well a story translates to audio. A great book with a poor narration isn't a great audiobook.

We don't accept paid placements or prioritize new releases. These rankings reflect what listeners actually enjoy, not what's being promoted.

Rankings update periodically as new ratings come in and new titles are added to the collection.

Read our full ranking methodology →