10 audiobooks for fans of Bag of Bones
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Needful Things
by Stephen King
Narrated by Stephen King
★ 4.50 BLT Score (293.5K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (281.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (12.1K) -
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 BLT Score (114.0K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (109.6K) ★ 4.49 Audible (4.5K)More about this pick
King narrates alongside an all-star ensemble, each story getting its own perfect voice. Fourteen dark tales that feel like a prestige anthology series.
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Desperation
by Stephen King
Narrated by Stephen King
★ 4.34 BLT Score (162.3K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (154.4K) ★ 4.48 Audible (7.9K)More about this pick
Hearing King narrate his own horror is unsettling in a way no other narrator could match; the dread carries an authority only the creator possesses.
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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 BLT Score (190.0K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (183.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (6.2K) -
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 BLT Score (64.7K ratings)★ 3.88 Goodreads (60.9K) ★ 4.37 Audible (3.8K)More about this pick
King himself narrates several stories here, and a stellar ensemble cast handles the rest, each bringing their own darkness to tales that blur the line between ordinary and deeply unsettling. It's short fiction at its sharpest, where King's mastery of dread plays perfectly to the intimacy of audio.
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume III
by Stephen King
Narrated by Stephen King, Gary Sinise, Joe Morton, Joe Mantegna
★ 4.16 BLT Score (2.5K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.53 Audible (1.2K) -
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 BLT Score (3.6K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.28 Audible (2.3K) -
Doctor Sleep
The Shining • Book 2
by Stephen King
Narrated by Will Patton
★ 4.74 BLT Score (340.3K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (300.4K) ★ 4.68 Audible (40.0K)More about this pick
Patton's narration captures King's most emotionally devastating work: a meditation on addiction and protection rather than just scares.
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Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
Narrated by Ron McLarty, Joe Hill
★ 4.64 BLT Score (695.6K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (667.2K) ★ 4.58 Audible (28.4K) -
Christine
by Stephen King, Marie Milpois
Narrated by Holter Graham
★ 4.58 BLT Score (271.2K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (265.6K) ★ 4.74 Audible (5.6K)More about this pick
King crafted something uniquely disturbing: a car with agency and personality. Graham's narration makes her terrifying, seductive, and unforgettable.
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