Audiobooks Like The Stand

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Grover Gardner narrates this 48-hour King apocalypse with the patience and steadiness the material demands — an epic this long needs a narrator who can make quieter passages feel as necessary as the dramatic ones, and Gardner never rushes. All ten recommendations are Stephen King titles, with Gardner returning for one of them, so if you want to spend more time in King's longer, darker registers, the list is assembled from exactly that corner of his catalog.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Stand

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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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    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)
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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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    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)
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    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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    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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    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)
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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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    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)
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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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    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)
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    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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    Carrie

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Sissy Spacek, Margaret Atwood

    ★ 4.53 ABR Score (864.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (856.4K) ★ 4.57 Audible (8.4K)
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    King's first published novel follows telekinetic Carrie White from prom humiliation to supernatural revenge against her tormentors. The dual narration captures both the intimate horror and broader social commentary.

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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)
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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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    Duma Key

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by John Slattery

    ★ 4.46 ABR Score (159.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (138.3K) ★ 4.5 Audible (20.8K)
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    After losing his arm in an accident, Edgar discovers his paintings on a mysterious Florida island possess supernatural — and deadly — power. Slattery captures Edgar's artistic obsession and mounting dread perfectly.

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