10 audiobooks for fans of Full Dark, No Stars
- 1
Pet Sematary
by Stephen King
Narrated by Michael C. Hall
★ 4.82 ABR Score (738.4K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (708.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (29.8K)More about this pick
Dr. Louis Creed discovers that the pet cemetery behind his new home can bring the dead back to life—but they return fundamentally wrong. Hall's chilling performance amplifies King's most disturbing novel.
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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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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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Cujo (1981) Stephen King 1st Print Hardback
Cujo / Rattlesnakes • Book 1
by Stephen King
Narrated by Lorna Raver
★ 4.33 ABR Score (329.1K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (324.9K) ★ 4.51 Audible (4.2K)More about this pick
A friendly Saint Bernard contracts rabies and becomes a killing machine, trapping a mother and child in a broken-down car during a sweltering summer. Raver's performance captures both the mounting claustrophobia and the tragic transformation of a beloved family pet into pure nightmare.
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The Dark Half
by Stephen King
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.28 ABR Score (157.2K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (153.5K) ★ 4.48 Audible (3.7K)More about this pick
When writer Thad Beaumont tries to kill off his violent pseudonym, the alter ego literally comes to life and starts murdering people. Grover Gardner's performance captures both Thad's vulnerability and his dark double's menace perfectly.
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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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Revival
by Stephen King
Narrated by David Morse
★ 4.13 ABR Score (154.7K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (142.5K) ★ 4.26 Audible (12.2K)More about this pick
King traces a lifelong relationship between a man and his childhood minister whose obsession with electricity leads to a horrifying discovery about the afterlife—his most nihilistic horror novel.
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The Shining
The Shining • Book 1
by Stephen King
Narrated by Campbell Scott
★ 4.92 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (1.7M) ★ 4.75 Audible (41.5K)More about this pick
Jack Torrance's winter isolation at the Overlook Hotel awakens both the building's malevolent spirits and his own capacity for violence, with Campbell Scott's chilling performance.
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The Stand
by Stephen King
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.91 ABR Score (922.6K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (841.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (81.1K)More about this pick
After a plague wipes out most of humanity, survivors choose between Mother Abagail's godly Boulder and Randall Flagg's sinister Las Vegas. Grover Gardner's narration spans this epic battle between good and evil.
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Bloodsuckers: The Vampire Archives
Vampire Archives • Book 1
by Otto Penzler, Stephen King, Tanith Lee, Dan Simmons, Bram Stoker, Neil Gaiman - preface, Otto Penzler
Narrated by Scott Brick, Fred Sanders, Mark Deakens, Susan Duerden, Simon Vance, Marc Cashman, Stephen Hoye, Allyson Ryan
★ 3.42 ABR Score (461 ratings)★ 3.47 Goodreads (322) ★ 3.61 Audible (139)More about this pick
This comprehensive vampire anthology spans from Stoker to Stephen King, exploring every facet of undead horror across centuries. Eight different narrators including Scott Brick and Simon Vance tackle the diverse collection.
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