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Horror is Our Happy Place

The books on this list will slither into your psyche and create an inescapable sense of terror as you listen along. We invite you to enjoy some tales of the macabre as curated by the Night Worms book review team.

NOS4A2

A Novel

By: Joe Hill
Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew
Length: 19 hours 40 minutes

“This audiobook is narrated by Kate Mulgrew, and she is AMAZING. A wonderfully written book - 4 1/2 stars easy. But with Kate narrating? Automatic 5. This is a story about a child who experiences something fantastic. But, like most of us, that fantasy is buried and lost in the reality of her life and adulthood. At 17, Vic goes looking for trouble... Read more

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Bird Box

A Novel

By: Josh Malerman
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

“Imagine something so terrifying, one glimpse and a person is impulsively driven to commit deadly violence, to oneself and others? Suddenly forced into a world of darkness, covered windows and blindfolds, Malorie must survive for the sake of her unborn child. Finding herself amongst a group of survivors, led by the knowledgeable Tom, Malorie soon... Read more

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Mongrels

A Novel

By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Chris Patton & Jonathan Yen
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Nominated for both the Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Awards, and a Best of 2016 selection of Tor.com and Book Riot, acclaimed horror writer Stephen Graham Jones' (The Only Good Indians and My Heart is a Chainsaw) Mongrels goes beyond your typical werewolf story to show a young boy, mired in poverty and always on the run, coming-of-age in a... Read more

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A Lush and Seething Hell

Two Tales of Cosmic Horror

By: John Hornor Jacobs
Narrated by: Almarie Guerra & MacLeod Andrews
Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

The award-winning and critically-acclaimed master of horror returns with a pair of chilling tales—both never-before-published in print or audio—that examine the violence and depravity of the human condition.Bringing together his acclaimed novella The Sea Dreams It Is the Sky and an all-new short novel My Heart Struck Sorrow, John Hornor Jacobs... Read more

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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

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The Hunger

By: Alma Katsu
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

“As a child I was obsessed with the Donner Party. I went to the museum and read all about them, but never imagined something as twisted as THE HUNGER. Katsu's reinvention of the history is complex, meticulous, and a perfect metaphor for the white man's obsession with manifest destiny and the terrorism that was inflicted on Native Americans. I... Read more

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Dracul

By: Dacre Stoker & J.D. Barker
Narrated by: Pete Bradbury, Vikas Adam, Saskia Maarleveld, Raphael Corkhill, Alana Kerr Collins & Allan Corduner
Length: 16 hours 24 minutes

“Imagine if Bram Stoker was forced to cut the first 101 pages of his novel, “Dracula” due to an overly sensitive editor worried about creating a mass panic throughout the streets of London, already overwhelmed with fear over Jack the ripper and the Whitechapel murders? Wouldn’t you wonder what Stoker wasn’t allowed to write? In “Dracul” by Dacre... Read more

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The Boatman's Daughter

A Novel

By: Andy Davidson
Narrated by: Samantha Desz
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

A "lush nightmare" (Paul Tremblay) of a supernatural thriller about a young woman facing down ancient forces in the depths of the bayou.

Ever since her father was killed when she was just a child, Miranda Crabtree has kept her head down and her eyes up, ferrying contraband for a mad preacher and his declining band of followers to make ends meet... Read more

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The Road

By: Cormac McCarthy
Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

“I had only ever read this in print before. The language is sparse and evocative and Tom Stechschulte's narration was spot on. Glad to be reminded how magnificent this book is. Read more

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The Troop

By: Nick Cutter
Narrated by: Corey Brill
Length: 11 hours 1 minute

The acclaimed national bestseller that is “old-school horror at its best” (Stephen King) follows a scout troop as it is unexpectedly caught up in an isolating and utterly terrifying fight for their lives.

Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip—a tradition as comforting... Read more

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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

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The Amityville Horror

By: Jay Anson
Narrated by: Ray Porter
Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that, one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in the house, but the property—complete with boathouse and swimming pool—and the price were too good to pass up.Twenty-eight days later, the entire... Read more

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Frankenstein

or The Modern Prometheus

By: Mary Shelley
Narrated by: Anthony Heald, Stefan Rudnicki & Simon Templeman
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

This special unabridged, multivoiced production of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece of nineteenth-century Gothic horror is narrated by film and television star Anthony Heald, joined by Grammy winner Stefan Rudnicki and actor Simon Templeman, under the direction of award-winning audio producer Yuri Rasovsky.Dr. Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious young... Read more

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My Best Friend’s Exorcism

A Novel

By: Grady Hendrix
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

“Dark, funny, and filled with 1980's nostalgia. Definitely atmospheric and took you to Charleston, South Carolina. I enjoyed this as an audiobook listen. Fairly low key with scary bits and gore. It sort of built up to it in the last few chapters. The demonic possession was definitely front and center, but it was also a great story about... Read more

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It

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Steven Weber
Length: 44 hours 53 minutes

Stephen King's classic #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for the massively successful films It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two as well as inspiration for HBO Max’s upcoming Welcome to Derry—about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled upon as teenagers...an evil without a name: It.... Read more

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Needful Things

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King
Length: 25 hours 10 minutes

Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine

Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestseller about a mysterious store than can sell you whatever you desire—but not without exacting a terrible price in return.


The town of Castle Rock, Maine has seen its fair share of oddities over the years, but nothing is as... Read more

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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

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The Ritual

By: Adam Nevill
Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

“The inspiration for the Netflix movie of the same name, this novel follows a group of friends into deep, dark, Swedish woods from which they may never escape. Nevill follows the tradition of subtle British horror exemplified by Ramsey Campbell, but he's not afraid of including some gnarly monsters too. Read more

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The Nightmare Room

Messy Man: Book #1

By: Chris Sorensen
Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

New York audiobook narrator Peter Larson and his wife Hannah head to his hometown of Maple City to help Peter's ailing father and to put a recent tragedy behind them. Though the small, Midwestern town seems the idyllic place to start afresh, Peter and Hannah will soon learn that evil currents flow beneath its surface.



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Wanderers

A Novel

Wanderers: Book #1

By: Chuck Wendig
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman & Xe Sands
Length: 32 hours 21 minutes

“Wanderers is the best science fiction book I have ever read.Wonderfully performed by the readers! A young girl walks out of her home for no reason, then a young man, a young mother, a businessman, soon the group has grown to hundreds. Why are these people who respond to nothing and can be stopped by nothing walking? Where are they going? Will... Read more

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