Audiobooks Like If It Bleeds

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Will Patton has spent enough time in Stephen King's universe that he carries Dresden-style familiarity into Holly Gibney's first solo outing — his voice for Holly is specific and carefully calibrated, and the novella format means the collection's 15-hour runtime moves through four distinct registers without any single story overstaying its welcome. Steven Weber and Danny Burstein handle the other entries with their own practiced King registers. All the recommendations come from King himself, many narrated by Patton or Weber, giving the list the feel of a curated tour through a shared fictional universe.

10 audiobooks for fans of If It Bleeds

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    It

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Steven Weber

    ★ 4.89 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.72 Audible (64.9K)
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    Steven Weber's performance across 45 hours makes Derry feel like a real place you'd never want to visit, switching effortlessly between the Losers as kids and adults.

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    Doctor Sleep

    The Shining • Book 2

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Will Patton

    ★ 4.75 ABR Score (340.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (300.4K) ★ 4.68 Audible (40.0K)
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    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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    The Mist

    Skeleton Crew • Book 1

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Will Patton

    ★ 4.44 ABR Score (187.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (183.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (3.8K)
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    Shoppers trapped in a supermarket face otherworldly creatures lurking in a mysterious mist outside. Will Patton's tense narration captures the claustrophobic horror as civilization breaks down inside the store.

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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

    ★ 4.34 ABR Score (190.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (183.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (6.2K)
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    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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    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)
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    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

    ★ 4.65 ABR Score (695.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (667.2K) ★ 4.58 Audible (28.4K)
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    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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    Full Dark, No Stars

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Craig Wasson, Jessica Hecht

    ★ 4.38 ABR Score (127.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (118.6K) ★ 4.4 Audible (9.3K)
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    Four novellas explore the stranger lurking inside ordinary people—a farmer who murders his wife, a writer stalked by her biggest fan, a man seeking supernatural revenge. Wasson and Hecht capture the slow-burn dread as decent folks discover their capacity for evil.

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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

    ★ 4.37 ABR Score (114.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (109.6K) ★ 4.49 Audible (4.5K)
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    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

    ★ 4.34 ABR Score (329.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.8 Goodreads (324.9K) ★ 4.51 Audible (4.2K)
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    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

    ★ 4.29 ABR Score (157.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (153.5K) ★ 4.48 Audible (3.7K)
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    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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