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The Most-Rated Mystery, Thriller & Horror Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 21,907 unabridged Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog carry store ratings. These are the 25 with the most ratings.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1The Silent PatientAlex Michaelides8.6 hrs
2ItStephen King45.9 hrs
3The StandStephen King47.8 hrs
4The OutsiderStephen King18.7 hrs
5The Guest ListLucy Foley10.4 hrs
6The ShiningStephen King15.8 hrs
7The Great AloneKristin Hannah15.3 hrs
8Big Little LiesLiane Moriarty15.9 hrs
9The Wife Between UsGreer Hendricks11.5 hrs
10Never LieFreida McFadden7.3 hrs
11None of This is TrueLisa Jewell10.6 hrs
12Gone GirlGillian Flynn20 hrs
13Local Woman MissingMary Kubica11.7 hrs
14The Blue CrossG.K. Chesterton0.8 hrs
15The TenantFreida McFadden8.8 hrs
16The Alice NetworkKate Quinn15.1 hrs
17Behind Closed DoorsB.A. Paris8.7 hrs
18The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twistFreida McFadden9.7 hrs
1911/22/63Stephen King30.7 hrs
20Sharp ObjectsGillian Flynn9.5 hrs
21The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed AmericaErik Larson15 hrs
22The Husband's SecretLiane Moriarty13.9 hrs
23The Woman in Cabin 10Ruth Ware11.2 hrs
24Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)Blake Pierce8.3 hrs
25The CoworkerFreida McFadden8.2 hrs

Ordered by the number of store ratings, most first; the counts are used only for ordering and never shown. A rating count measures popularity, never quality. Computed from unabridged English-language audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026); children's titles are not ranked. Methodology.

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