10 audiobooks for fans of Desperation
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Needful Things
by Stephen King
Narrated by Stephen King
★ 4.50 ABR Score (293.5K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (281.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (12.1K)More about this pick
King himself narrates this tale of a mysterious shop owner who sells people their deepest desires in exchange for seemingly harmless pranks that escalate into town-destroying chaos. Hearing the author's own voice adds intimate authority to this exploration of how easily communities can turn vicious.
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Bag of Bones
by Stephen King
Narrated by Stephen King
★ 4.37 ABR Score (222.4K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (212.7K) ★ 4.46 Audible (9.6K)More about this pick
Widowed novelist Mike Noonan returns to his lake house and discovers it's haunted by a vengeful spirit connected to a custody battle. King's own narration adds intimate authenticity to this ghost story about grief, small-town corruption, and supernatural justice.
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Everything's Eventual
by Stephen King
Narrated by Becky Ann Baker, John Cullum, Boyd Gaines, Peter Gerety, Josh Hamilton, Arliss Howard, Judith Ivey, Stephen King, Justin Long, Oliver Platt, Jay O. Sanders
★ 4.36 ABR Score (114.0K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (109.6K) ★ 4.49 Audible (4.5K)More about this pick
Fourteen King short stories ranging from Castle Rock to completely new territory, performed by an ensemble cast including Oliver Platt, Josh Hamilton, and King himself reading select pieces.
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The Mist (Previously Published as a Novella in 'Skeleton Crew')
Skeleton Crew • Book 1
by Stephen King
Narrated by Stephen King, Dylan Baker, Kyle Beltran, Matthew Broderick, Norbert Leo Butz, Michael C. Hall, Paul Giamatti, Dana Ivey, Will Patton, Robert Petkoff, David Morse, Lois Smith, Frances Sternhagen
★ 4.32 ABR Score (190.0K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (183.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (6.2K)More about this pick
Customers trapped in a supermarket face both otherworldly monsters and human fanaticism in this all-star cast production led by Stephen King himself.
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Just After Sunset
by Stephen King
Narrated by Stephen King, Jill Eikenberry, Holter Graham, George Guidall, Ron McLarty, Denis O'Hare, Ben Shenkman, Skipp Sudduth, Mare Winningham, Karen Ziemba
★ 4.18 ABR Score (64.7K ratings)★ 3.88 Goodreads (60.9K) ★ 4.37 Audible (3.8K)More about this pick
King's collection of thirteen stories ranges from subtle psychological horror to supernatural terror, featuring everything from haunted exercise bikes to N, a story about dangerous obsession.
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume III
by Stephen King
Narrated by Stephen King, Gary Sinise, Joe Morton, Joe Mantegna
★ 4.16 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.53 Audible (1.2K)More about this pick
King teams with Sinese, Morton, and Mantegna to continue his virtuoso performance of horror tales mixing supernatural terror with psychological insight.
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume I
by Stephen King, Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Curry, Yeardley Smith, Rob Lowe, Tabitha King, Robert B. Parker, Stephen Jay Gould
Narrated by Stephen King, Kathy Bates, Matthew Broderick, Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Rob Lowe, Gary Sinese
★ 4.00 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.28 Audible (2.3K)More about this pick
King joins an all-star cast including Kathy Bates and Gary Sinese to perform his tales of vampires, lurking spirits, and ordinary people driven to extremes.
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Doctor Sleep
The Shining • Book 2
by Stephen King
Narrated by Will Patton
★ 4.74 ABR Score (340.3K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (300.4K) ★ 4.68 Audible (40.0K)More about this pick
Adult Danny Torrance battles his alcoholism while protecting a psychic girl from soul-eating nomads called the True Knot. Will Patton's weathered narration perfectly suits this darker, more grounded sequel to The Shining.
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Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
Narrated by Ron McLarty, Joe Hill
★ 4.64 ABR Score (695.6K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (667.2K) ★ 4.58 Audible (28.4K)More about this pick
When vampires invade a small Maine town, King's slow-burn horror unfolds through everyday people fighting an ancient evil spreading house by house.
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Christine
by Stephen King, Marie Milpois
Narrated by Holter Graham
★ 4.58 ABR Score (271.2K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (265.6K) ★ 4.74 Audible (5.6K)More about this pick
King's tale of a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury destroying a teenager's life gets Holter Graham's pitch-perfect narration, capturing both Arnie's transformation and the car's malevolent personality.
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