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Scary Stories to Listen to in the Dark

Fall is here and that means it's the perfect time for scary stories. One of the best ways to experience those tales of terror is the oldest way; listening to them around a fire. We're not able to provide the fire, but we've got some incredible spooky stories that you can listen to anywhere. Intrigued? Check out this list of e-audiobooks. It's got something for every type of horror fan; slashers, real world monsters, magic, ghosts, demons, and psychological terror.

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  • The world has been overrun by hitherto unknown beasts. Society has collapsed: the power is gone, cars are abandoned across the highways, and anyone left is hiding from the terrifying creatures—and one another. Thirteen-year-old Abdi and his…
    eAudiobook, 2025Recorded Books, Inc., 2025
  • "White Smoke" follows the exploits of, Marigold, a teenager who moves into a home plagued by ghostly phenomenon including a phantasm who keeps telling her sister that they want Mari gone. So, in order to survive and protect her family, Mari must…
    eAudiobook, 2021HarperCollins, 2021
  • Brielle Petitfour loves to cook. But with a chronically sick mother and bills to pay, becoming a chef isn't exactly a realistic career path. When Brielle's mom suddenly loses her job, Brielle steps in and uses her culinary skills to earn some extra…
    eAudiobook, 2025Macmillan Audio, 2025
  • When Dawson Sumter goes missing, all he leaves behind is a smattering of blood in room 4 of the debt-ridden motel owned by Neera Singh's family. Disappearances like this aren't uncommon in the rural Georgia town of Carrion, especially every thirteen…
    eAudiobook, 2025Macmillan Audio, 2025
  • In this slasher novel, a fresh start in the small town of Kettle Springs turns into a nightmare for a teenage girl and her friends as they finds themselves targeted by the the titular killer.
    eAudiobook, 2020HarperCollins, 2020
  • Tasha might look like your classic high school mean girl, but behind the designer clothes is a sharpshooter who knows how to bring anyone to their knees. The only person who has ever gotten under her skin is her former best friend, Leo Danesi, the…
    eAudiobook, 2025Hachette Audio, 2025
  • Since the hurricane, the town of Mercy, Louisiana has been overtaken by a strange red algae bloom. Noon and her mother have carved out a life in the wreckage, trawling for the mutated wildlife that lurks in the water and trading it to the corrupt…
    eBook, 2025Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025
  • In "Four Found Dead" the final shift for the staff of a movie theater turns into a fight for their lives when they flee to the abandoned mall next door in order to escape a shadowy killer.
    eAudiobook, 2023Recorded Books, Inc., 2023
  • In this novel, by the author of "There's someone inside your house," two high school friends who will soon be heading to separate colleges have one final outing as a friends; a three day hike deep into the woods of Pisgah National Forest. When they…
    eAudiobook, 2021Books on Tape, 2021
  • "The Getaway" is a dystopian horror novel that plays like a mixture of "The Purge" movies and the films of Jordan Peele set at Disney world. It takes place in the near future and follows a young theme park employee who suddenly finds his job is to…
    eAudiobook, 2022Scholastic Inc., 2022
  • Few people can say they faced the infamous Satterville Wolf Man and lived. But CJ Smith can. She doesn't talk about that, though. CJ has survived the horror movie that is her life by following one rule: blend in and stay out of it. But that's hard…
    eAudiobook, 2025Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025
  • "You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight" follows the exploits of, Charity, who pretends to be a "final girl" at a camp where people pay to live out a slasher movie. On the last night of the season, the game turns real as Charity and her co-workers find…
    eAudiobook, 2023Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023
  • In "Cemetery Boys" a teenage trans boy becomes embroiled in a world of creepy dangers and supernatural intrigues when he uses his magical Brujo abilities to investigate the death of his cousin.
    eAudiobook, 2020Macmillan Audio, 2020
  • In this sequel to "Clown in a Cornfield," the survivors and a new crop of kids find themselves once again targeted by the titular, homicidal, harlequin, Frendo.
    eAudiobook, 2022HarperCollins, 2022
  • This book delves into real historic horrors with a tale of a scullery maid and healer who is drawn into the sinister machinations of the titular character; the murderous, noblewoman Elizabeth Bathory.
    eAudiobook, 2020ABRAMS, 2020
  • In "The Late Bus" a routine journey home becomes a trip into mind bending supernatural terror as a young boy named Lamar begins to suspect shadowy, sinister creatures are interested in the titular conveyance that brings him home from practice each…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2017Lerner Publishing Group, 2017
  • Sage is an ordinary girl and a werewolf, moving between worlds, desperate to make sense of her life. And then her supernatural friend, Lucy, is found murdered in the human domain. Now, Sage is determined to join the investigation, led by handsome…
    eAudiobook, 2025Scholastic Inc., 2025
  • "Raising the Horseman" brings the story of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and its infamous Headless Horseman into the present with a story about a modern day teen encountering a 200 year old journal that unleashes supernatural terrors and puts the…
    eAudiobook, 2022Books on Tape, 2022
  • "Scowler" is the story of a nineteen year old boy coping with the trauma of his abusive and now imprisoned father and his dying family farm. Those tasks become infinitely more difficult and scary when a meteorite containing a fragment of another…
    eAudiobook, 2013Books on Tape, 2013
  • Fifteen-year-old Marisol is the daughter of a soucouyant. Every new moon, she sheds her skin like the many women before her, shifting into a fireball witch who must fly into the night and slowly sip from the lives of others to sustain her own. But…
    eAudiobook, 2025HarperCollins, 2025