Fair Warning - You Can't Turn These Psychological Thriller Audiobooks Off. That's How Good They Are!
Experience the thrill of the unknown with our collection of Psychological Thriller audiobooks. Immerse yourself in tales of psychological tension, suspense, and twists that will keep you guessing until the very end. Our audiobooks feature gripping plots that explore the depths of human behavior, unraveling complex characters and their motivations. From domestic noir to serial killer mysteries, our Psychological Thriller audiobooks offer a wide range of narratives that will challenge your perception of reality and leave you with chills. Expertly narrated by talented voice actors, these audiobooks will transport you to a world of dark secrets and gripping intrigue. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, James Patterson, and Tana French, our Psychological Thriller audiobooks are sure to satisfy your thirst for a gripping listen.
Psychological Thriller Audiobooks Statistics
Total Audiobooks in this Category:
2,340 audiobooks
Total Authors in this Category:
2,404 authors
Average Audiobook Length:
9.38 hours
Average Audiobook Rating:
3.78/5
Audiobooks in the Top 50:
2
Author: Alex Michaelides
Narrator: Louise Brealey, Jack Hawkins
Audio Length:
@1x speed 8.50 hours
@1.5x speed 5.67 hours
@2x speed 4.25 hours
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The Silent Patient Audiobook
"The perfect binge listen." — Yahoo Lifestyle Instant #1 New York Times bestseller. This program includes a bonus interview with the author. The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him.... More praise for The Silent Patient: “Absolutely brilliant… I read it in a state of intense, breathless excitement.” — Stephen Fry “Smart, sophisticated storytelling freighted with real suspense - a very fine novel by any standard.” — Lee Child “The Silent Patient sneaks up on you like a slash of intimidating shadow on a badly lit street. Michaelides has crafted a totally original, spellbinding psychological mystery so quirky, so unique that it should have its own genre.” — David Baldacci
“The Silent Patient kept my attention from beginning to the very last page. The first couple of pages start off slow, but the story picks up pretty quick. I thought this would be another predictable murder mystery, but I was wrong. The final twist threw me for a loop. Seems like the story is going to be a run-of-the-mill wife kills husband story, but the story becomes more and more sinister as you read on. The therapist is so much more than an obsessive therapist. That's all I'll say.”
— Julie
Author: B. A. Paris
Narrator: Georgia Maguire
Audio Length:
@1x speed 8.75 hours
@1.5x speed 5.83 hours
@2x speed 4.38 hours
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Behind Closed Doors: A Novel Audiobook
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING DEBUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER YOU CAN'T MISS! The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie? “A hair-raising debut, both unsettling and addictive...A chilling thriller that will keep you reading long into the night.” —Mary Kubica, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Good Girl “This debut is guaranteed to haunt you...Warning: brace yourself.” —Bustle (10 New Thrillers to Read This Summer) “The sense of believably and terror that engulfs Behind Closed Doors doesn't waver.” —The Associated Press, picked up by The Washington Post Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. He’s a dedicated attorney who has never lost a case; she is a flawless homemaker, a masterful gardener and cook, and dotes on her disabled younger sister. Though they are still newlyweds, they seem to have it all. You might not want to like them, but you do. You’re hopelessly charmed by the ease and comfort of their home, by the graciousness of the dinner parties they throw. You’d like to get to know Grace better. But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are inseparable. Some might call this true love. Others might wonder why Grace never answers the phone. Or why she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. Or why she never seems to take anything with her when she leaves the house, not even a pen. Or why there are such high-security metal shutters on all the downstairs windows. Some might wonder what’s really going on once the dinner party is over, and the front door has closed. From bestselling author B. A. Paris comes the gripping thriller and international phenomenon Behind Closed Doors.
“The story develops quickly enough and the time flipping from past to present keeps this book suspenseful. I also love the development of the characters. I was expecting expecting a story of a beaten down DV victim; however, what I found was so much more!”
— AngelaO
Author: Dean Koontz
Narrator: Frankie Corzo
Audio Length:
@1x speed 13.00 hours
@1.5x speed 8.67 hours
@2x speed 6.50 hours
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Intensity: A Novel Audiobook
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Past midnight, Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend’s family. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside. A self-proclaimed “homicidal adventurer,” Vess lives only to satisfy all appetites as they arise, to immerse himself in sensation, to live without fear, remorse, or limits, to live with intensity. Chyna is trapped in his deadly orbit.
Chyna is a survivor, toughened by a lifelong struggle for safety and self-respect. Now she will be tested as never before. At first her sole aim is to get out alive—until, by chance, she learns the identity of Vess’s next intended victim, a faraway innocent only she can save. Driven by a newly discovered thirst for meaning beyond mere self-preservation, Chyna musters every inner resource she has to save an endangered girl . . . as moment by moment, the terrifying threat of Edgler Foreman Vess intensifies.
“This book scared the crap out of me. Dean Koontz has a tendency to be outlnadish with his books and characters but this particular book describes a serial killer that is chillingly real.. When I finally put the book down I had nightmares for 3 days.”
— Lainie
Author: James Patterson
Narrator: Taye Diggs
Audio Length:
@1x speed 11.00 hours
@1.5x speed 7.33 hours
@2x speed 5.50 hours
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Along Came a Spider (25th Anniversary Edition): 25th Anniversary Edition Audiobook
Discover the classic thriller that launched the #1 detective series of the past twenty-five years, now one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads" Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in the ghettos of D. C. and looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano. But he also has two adorable kids of his own, and they are his own special vulnerabilities. Jezzie Flanagan is the first woman ever to hold the highly sensitive job as supervisor of the Secret Service in Washington. Blond, mysterious, seductive, she's got an outer shell that's as tough as it is beautiful. She rides her black BMW motorcycle at speeds of no less than 100 mph. What is she running from? What is her secret? Alex Cross and Jezzie Flanagan are about to have a forbidden love affair-at the worst possible time for both of them. Because Gary Soneji, who wants to commit the "crime of the century," is playing at the top of his game. Soneji has outsmarted the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police. Who will be his next victim? Gary Soneji is every parent's worst nightmare. He has become Alex Cross's nightmare. And now, reader, he's about to become yours.
“Loved this book. I started reading James Patterson "Alex Cross along time ago, cant remember the 1st one I read but it was great! So i wanted to start from the very 1st Alex Cross book & read all of them. This one was good, but not as good as the very 1st "Alex Cross" i read (which i cant remember which 1 it was) i went to the book store & the lady pulled up all of the Alex Cross books in order of written by James Patterson-well she wrote it all down wrong. I was reading Cat& Mouse right now & thats the 4th one...omg! so now im gonna have to stop reading it & start with "Kiss the Girls"”
— Tonia
Author: Tana French
Narrator: Heather O'Neill, Heather O’Neill
Audio Length:
@1x speed 22.25 hours
@1.5x speed 14.83 hours
@2x speed 11.13 hours
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The Likeness: A Novel Audiobook
“Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting.” —The New York Times
In the “compellingˮ (The Boston Globe) and “pitch perfectˮ (Entertainment Weekly) follow-up to Tana French’s runaway bestseller In the Woods, Cassie Maddox has transferred out of the Dublin Murder Squad—until an urgent telephone call brings her back to an eerie crime scene.
The victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, an alias Cassie once used as an undercover cop. Suddenly, Cassie is back undercover, to find out not only who killed this young woman, but, more importantly, who she was.
The Likeness is a supremely suspenseful story exploring the nature of identity and belonging.
“I couldn't put this down. The characters really pull you in and hang onto you. As with Tana French's other books, I couldn't stop thinking about all of the characters for days. Definitely worth reading!”
— Ranhcm
Author: Gillian Flynn
Narrator: Robertson Dean, Cassandra Campbell, Mark Deakins, Rebecca Lowman, various narrators
Audio Length:
@1x speed 13.75 hours
@1.5x speed 9.17 hours
@2x speed 6.88 hours
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Dark Places (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Novel Audiobook
Perhaps you’ve recently discovered Gillian Flynn through her critically acclaimed third audiobook Gone Girl, which entered the New York Times Bestseller list on June 24, 2012 at #2 and remains there as of January 2013.
If you loved Gone Girl and are waiting for Flynn’s next suspense thriller to be published, you might want to check out her previous two novels available for download at The Audio Book Store. One of these is Dark Places.
Dark Places tells the story of Libby Day, whose mother and two sisters were slaughtered in their home when Libby was seven years old. Libby was the only family member to escape; her brother Ben, who was not home at the time, was convicted of the murders and has spent the past 25 years in prison.
Libby’s memories—and testimony—are called into question when she is contacted by a bizarre group called The Kill Club, whose members are obsessed with notorious crimes and spend countless hours reviewing and analyzing such crimes. Members of the Kill Club believe Ben has been wrongly convicted, and enlist Libby’s help to go back and speak with persons associated with the homicides in an attempt to discover the "real" killer and free Ben Day.
Like Gone Girl, Dark Places is a gripping thriller with some odd characters whose actions are consistently unpredictable, culminating in an ending that’s also totally unpredictable.
Before writing her first novel, Flynn worked for Entertainment Weekly magazine for ten years as both a movie and TV critic. Dark Places is her second novel and in addition to being a New York Times bestseller was also Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2009 and Chicago Tribune Favorite Fiction choice. Her work has been published in twenty-eight countries.
“The is my second Gillian Flynn novel and again I wonder how she can be so dark but yet make you want more. Libby Day survives a night of horror where her mother and 2 sisters are brutally murdered. As a child she testifies that she saw her brother, Ben, do the horrible deeds. Years later she is still not functioning well and is approached by a group of people who are called The Kill Club who seem like quite a group of misfits who follow murders. They approach her because they do not believe her brother did the murders. As a way to make herself some money she agrees to face her brother in prison and go back and talk about that night. With Gillian Flynn, you never known where the tale will take you.”
— Grace
Author: James Patterson
Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel, Inger Tudor, Mela Lee, Wayne Carr
Audio Length:
@1x speed 9.25 hours
@1.5x speed 6.17 hours
@2x speed 4.63 hours
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Triple Cross: The Greatest Alex Cross Thriller Since Kiss the Girls Audiobook
A precise killer, he always moves under the cover of darkness, flawlessly triggering no alarms, leaving no physical evidence.
Cross and Sampson aren’t the only ones investigating.
Also in on this most intriguing case is the world’s bestselling true-crime author, who sees patterns everyone else misses.
The writer, Thomas Tull, calls the Family Man murders the perfect crime story. He believes the killer may never be caught.
Cross knows there is no perfect crime. And he’s going to hunt down the Family Man no matter what it takes.
Until the Family Man decides to flip the narrative and bring down Cross and his family.
“Triple Cross is a heart-pounding thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat (maybe don't listen while driving ;). It's jam packed with suspense, intense action, and unexpected twists that make for a really fun listening experience. The plot follows Detective Alex Cross as he goes on the hunt for a serial killer who is leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. From the beginning, there is an undeniable intensity and tension that makes this story truly engaging. The characters are well developed and believable, which helps to create even more suspense as Alex gets closer and closer to the killer. The dialogue in Triple Cross is believable and often humorous, helping to further paint a vivid picture for listeners. Patterson does an excellent job at weaving together different threads of the story as it progresses making sure all elements stay consistent throughout. And the book is narrated by 4 different readers that do a fantastic job voicing all of the characters uniquely. I give this audiobook five stars!”
— Mr. Anderson
Author: Lisa Jewell
Narrator: Bea Holland, Tamaryn Payne, Dominic Thorburn
Audio Length:
@1x speed 9.50 hours
@1.5x speed 6.33 hours
@2x speed 4.75 hours
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The Family Upstairs: A Novel Audiobook
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA COVER TO COVER BOOK CLUB PICK
“Rich, dark, and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect.” —Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author
“A haunting, atmospheric, stay-up-way-too-late read.” —Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes another page-turning look inside one family’s past as buried secrets threaten to come to light.
Be careful who you let in.
Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am.
She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. Everything in Libby’s life is about to change. But what she can’t possibly know is that others have been waiting for this day as well—and she is on a collision course to meet them.
Twenty-five years ago, police were called to 16 Cheyne Walk with reports of a baby crying. When they arrived, they found a healthy ten-month-old happily cooing in her crib in the bedroom. Downstairs in the kitchen lay three dead bodies, all dressed in black, next to a hastily scrawled note. And the four other children reported to live at Cheyne Walk were gone.
In The Family Upstairs, the master of “bone-chilling suspense” (People) brings us the can’t-look-away story of three entangled families living in a house with the darkest of secrets.
“This book was the first by Lisa Jewell that I read and since I have read almost every book she has written. The Family Upstairs is the best of a good lot and I strongly recommend the book to everyone. It was engaging from start to finish and the ending was so good that I read it twice to make sure I got it right. Start listening to the book today and you will not be disappointed.”
— BRob
Author: Paul Tremblay
Narrator: Amy Landon
Audio Length:
@1x speed 9.50 hours
@1.5x speed 6.33 hours
@2x speed 4.75 hours
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The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Audiobook
Paul Tremblay’s terrifying twist to the home invasion novel—inspiration for the upcoming major motion picture from Universal Pictures
“Tremblay’s personal best. It’s that good.” — Stephen King
Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road.
One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen, but he is young, friendly, and he wins her over almost instantly. Leonard and Wen talk and play until Leonard abruptly apologizes and tells Wen, “None of what’s going to happen is your fault.” Three more strangers then arrive at the cabin carrying unidentifiable, menacing objects. As Wen sprints inside to warn her parents, Leonard calls out: “Your dads won’t want to let us in, Wen. But they have to. We need your help to save the world.”
Thus begins an unbearably tense, gripping tale of paranoia, sacrifice, apocalypse, and survival that escalates to a shattering conclusion, one in which the fate of a loving family and quite possibly all of humanity are entwined. The Cabin at the End of the World is a masterpiece of terror and suspense from the fantastically fertile imagination of Paul Tremblay.
“The Cabin at the End of the World is a thriller that grapples with the timely and the timeless. I tore through it in record time. I just couldn’t wait to see where Tremblay was going to take me next.”
— Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling
Author: Tana French
Narrator: Tim Gerard Reynolds
Audio Length:
@1x speed 16.00 hours
@1.5x speed 10.67 hours
@2x speed 8.00 hours
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Faithful Place: A Novel Audiobook
“Tana French just my be my new favorite author! This is the 3rd book I've read by her and each one was better than the last (and the first I read was a 5-star rated book)! Love the style of writing and the depth of her characters. Can't wait to read her next book(s).”
— Mary
Author: Stephen King
Narrator: Lindsay Crouse
Audio Length:
@1x speed 12.25 hours
@1.5x speed 8.17 hours
@2x speed 6.13 hours
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Misery Audiobook
Bestselling novelist Paul Sheldon thinks he’s finally free of Misery Chastain. In a controversial career move, he’s just killed off the popular protagonist of his beloved romance series in favor of expanding his creative horizons. But such change doesn’t come without consequences. After a near-fatal car accident in rural Colorado leaves his body broken, Paul finds himself at the mercy of the terrifying rescuer who’s nursing him back to health—his self-proclaimed number one fan, Annie Wilkes. Annie is very upset over what Paul did to Misery, and demands that he find a way to bring her back by writing a new novel—his best yet, and one that’s all for her. After all, Paul has all the time in the world to do so as a prisoner in her isolated house...and Annie has some very persuasive and violent methods to get exactly what she wants....
“My second Stephen King book, and it was even better than my first! Constant suspense, I was absolutely addicted! Annie was an insanely creepy character, I loved the way she switched from sickly sweet to absolutely crazy and back again at the drop of a hat. Her little phrases were hilarious ("You bet your rooty-patooties I did" in particular made me laugh uncontrollably.) The movie is fantastic as well!”
— Robert
Author: Jeffery Deaver
Narrator: Connor O’Brien
Audio Length:
@1x speed 11.25 hours
@1.5x speed 7.50 hours
@2x speed 5.63 hours
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The Bone Collector: The First Lincoln Rhyme Novel Audiobook
“I am a big Lincoln Rymes fan, the quadriplegic ex-Medical Examiner that was created by Jeffrey Deaver. As with all his novels, each book stands on it's own and you can choose to read them in any order you wish as they will be satisfying on thier own merits. The Bone Collector, however, is the first Lincoln Ryme novel and it gives you the story about Lincoln and his beautiful partner meet and fall in love...and why (sorry, no spoiler here).”
— Chap