The countdown to Halloween has begun! Grab your headphones and press play on these chilling, thrilling audiobooks perfect for the spooky season.

youthjuice

Written by E.K. Sathue

Performed by Suzy Jackson

Published by Recorded Books

American Psycho meets The Devil Wears Prada: outrageous body horror for the goop generation

Glittering with ominous flashes of Sophia’s coming-of-rage story, former beauty editor E.K. Sathue’s horror debut is as incisive as it is stomach-churning in its portrayal of all-consuming female friendship and the beauty industry’s short attention span. youthjuice does to skincare influencers what Bret Easton Ellis did to yuppies. You’ll never moisturize the same way again.

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Exposure (Rita Todacheene, Book 2)

Written by Ramona Emerson

Performed by Charley Flyte

Published by Recorded Books

A LibraryReads Top Pick of the Month

Rita Todacheene, Albuquerque PD forensic photographer, is at a crisis point in her career. Her colleagues are watching her with suspicion after the recent revelation that she can see the ghosts of murder victims. Her unmanageable caseload is further complicated by the fact that half the department has blacklisted her for ratting out a corrupt fellow cop. And back home in Tohatchi on the Navajo reservation, Rita’s grandma is getting older. Maybe it’s time for her to leave policework behind entirely—if only the ghosts will let her.

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Smothermoss

Written by Alisa Alering

Performed by Susan Bennett

Published by Recorded Books

“Bristles with dark magic. . . . equal parts gruesome and gorgeous and otherworldly.”―The New York Times Book Review

In turns both terrifying and otherworldly, author Alisa Alering opens the door to the hidden world of Smothermoss—a mountain that sighs, monsters made of ink, rabbits dead and alive, and ropes that won’t come undone. Unsettling, propulsive, and wonderfully atmospheric, Alering’s stunning debut novel renegotiates what is seen and unseen, what is real and what is haunted.

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This Book Kills

Written by Ravena Guron

Performed by Aysha Kala

Published by Recorded Books

Coming Soon!

I’ll make it clear from the start: I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn’t even help. Well, not intentionally.

All Jess Choudhary wants is to keep her head down, do her work, and make it through high school without any problems. But when one of the most popular and richest kids in the school ends up dead in the exact same way as a character in a short story she wrote, Jess unintentionally finds herself at the center of the investigation.

 

The Wild Side

Written by Fern Michaels

Performed by Jennifer O’Donnell

Published by Recorded Books

In an action-packed and thrilling new standalone novel from the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author, a former government agent is drawn back into the world of covert ops for a very unconventional mission.

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My Darling Dreadful Thing

Written by Johanna van Veen

Performed by Jess Nesling

Published by Tantor Audio

Goodreads Most Anticipated Horror of 2024

SheReads Most Anticipated Horror

Polygon Must-Read books of 2024

Novel Suspects Most anticipated novels 2024

Spirits are drawn to salt, be it blood or tears.

Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruth—strange, corpse-like, and dead for centuries—is the light of Roos’ life. That is, until the wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop visits one of Roos’ backroom seances, and the two strike up a connection.

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It Watches in the Dark (Eek!, Book 1)

Written by Jeff Strand 

Performed by Ashley Bryce

Published by Tantor Audio

Prepare to be scared silly in this creepy middle-grade novel! Twins seek medical help in a remote village after their father is in a canoeing accident . . . only to discover the scarecrow that stands watch in town may have a stronger hold over the residents than expected. Perfect for fans of R. L. Stine, Dan Poblocki, and Mary Downing Hahn.

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No One Will Come Back For Us

Written by Premee Mohamed

Performed by Soneela Nankani

Published by Tantor Audio

“Dark, strange, and wonderfully wild … by turns brutal and tender, terrifying and sweet … The result will both terrify and delight.” – Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Premee Mohamed’s debut collection of contemporary cosmic horror and dark fantasy heralds the arrival of a new and vibrant voice on the cutting edge of modern speculative fiction.

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We Kept Her in the Cellar

Written by W. R. Gorman

Performed by EJ Lavery

Published by HighBridge Audio

There are always two sides to a story. This dark and twisted reimagining of Cinderella, told from her stepsister’s POV, is perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher and Naomi Novik.

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This World is Not Yours

Written by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Performed by Catherine Ho

Published by HighBridge Audio

This World Is Not Yours by USA Today bestseller Kemi Ashing-Giwa is the perfect blend of S. A. Barnes’s space horror and Cassandra Khaw’s beautiful but macabre worlds. An action-packed, inventive novella about a toxic polycule consumed by jealousy and their attempts to survive on a hostile planet.

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Tyrant’s Stars Parts One and Two (Vampire Hunter D, Volume 16)

Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and Yoshitaka Amano

Performed by a full cast

Published by GraphicAudio

In this chilling adventure, Vampire Hunter D has been dispatched to vanquish the ancient vampiric Noble Count Braujou, guardian of an ancient buried treasure. But when a mysterious object crashes into the earth, destroying half of the northern Frontier, D faces an even more terrifying opponent-the renegade vampire Valcua, the Ultimate Noble!

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The Goddess Of Manhattan (Hellboy And The BPRD)

Written by Christopher Golden and Thomas E. Sniegoski

Performed by a full cast

Published by GraphicAudio

In the early 1990’s, Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are drawn into a bizarre case in New York, linked both to Hellboy’s 1980 adventure with Anastasia in Brazil and to The Lobster’s encounter with the Proteus Club in 1933. A strange community of bizarre humans has been living in secret beneath Manhattan for more than sixty years. Now, though, someone is stalking them, murdering them one by one—someone who claims to be the ancient goddess Sem-Karul. With aid from the now elderly Cynthia Tynan, Hellboy and the BPRD must face the Goddess of Manhattan, and the monsters who serve her.

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The Widow’s Husband’s Secret Lie

Written by Freida McFadden

Performed by Marin Ireland

Published by Dreamscape Audio

The Widow’s Husband’s Secret Lie is an utterly addictive, unputdownable, nail-biting, absolutely gripping psychological thriller novella with a shocking, breathtaking, heartstopping, spine-chilling twist that you won’t see coming, will leave you stunned, and will literally have you picking your jaw up off the floor and bringing it to the nearest hospital for major facial reconstructive surgery.

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This Girl’s a Killer

Written by Emma C. Wells

Performed by Stefanie Kay

Published by Dreamscape Audio

SheReads Most Anticipated Thrillers of Fall 2024

Goodreads Readers’ Most Anticipated Mystery Thrillers Fall 2024

For readers of Finlay Donovan is Killing It and The Bandit Queens comes a bright and biting thriller following Cordelia Black, a best friend, a businesswoman, and, in her spare time, a killer of bad men.

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