Audiobooks Like Insomnia

10 audiobooks for fans of Insomnia

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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)

   25h 11m listening time • Released 2016

   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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   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)

   21h 21m listening time • Released 2000

   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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   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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   Four Past Midnight

   Four Past Midnight #1-4 • Book 1

   by Stephen King

   Narrated by James Woods, Tim Sample, Willem Dafoe, Ken Howard

   ★ 4.35 ABR Score (120.7K ratings)

   ★ 3.95 Goodreads (116.6K) ★ 4.49 Audible (4.2K)

   29h 39m listening time • Released 2016

   King's quartet of novellas explores moments when reality fractures: a plane lands in an empty world, a library book becomes deadly, a town photographer discovers his camera shows the future. Four different narrators, including James Woods and Willem Dafoe, each tackle one story with distinct voices.

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   King's quartet of novellas explores moments when reality fractures: a plane lands in an empty world, a library book becomes deadly, a town photographer discovers his camera shows the future. Four different narrators, including James Woods and Willem Dafoe, each tackle one story with distinct voices.

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   Desperation

   by Stephen King

   Narrated by Stephen King

   ★ 4.34 ABR Score (162.3K ratings)

   ★ 3.86 Goodreads (154.4K) ★ 4.48 Audible (7.9K)

   21h 15m listening time • Released 2016

   King himself reads this tale of travelers trapped in a Nevada town where an ancient evil possesses the local sheriff.

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   King himself reads this tale of travelers trapped in a Nevada town where an ancient evil possesses the local sheriff.

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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)

   22h 29m listening time • Released 2016

   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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   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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   Dreamcatcher

   by Stephen King

   Narrated by Jeffrey DeMunn

   ★ 4.19 ABR Score (198.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.66 Goodreads (187.3K) ★ 4.39 Audible (10.8K)

   22h 47m listening time • Released 2001

   Four childhood friends reunite for their annual hunting trip, only to encounter parasitic aliens in the Maine woods. Jeffrey DeMunn's performance captures King's blend of cosmic horror and intimate friendship with unsettling effectiveness.

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   Four childhood friends reunite for their annual hunting trip, only to encounter parasitic aliens in the Maine woods. Jeffrey DeMunn's performance captures King's blend of cosmic horror and intimate friendship with unsettling effectiveness.

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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)

   47h 47m listening time • Released 2012

   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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   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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   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)

   44h 55m listening time • Released 2016

   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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   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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   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)

   15h 41m listening time • Released 2018

   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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   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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    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)

    18h 34m listening time • Released 2013

    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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    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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