Audiobooks Like Christine

Holter Graham narrates King's possessed-car novel with a teenage boy's cadence — the slang, the insecurity, the dawning horror — and at 20 hours that register holds together a story that could easily tip into camp. His Arnie sounds genuinely young before he sounds genuinely lost, which is the only way the tragedy functions. Ten of the recommendations are from Stephen King's catalog, and several feature King narrating himself — a list built entirely inside this author's darkness.

10 audiobooks for fans of Christine

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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

    4.21 ABR Score (64.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (60.9K) ★ 4.37 Audible (3.8K)
    14h 49m listening time • Released 2008

    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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    The Shining

    The Shining • Book 1

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Campbell Scott

    4.93 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (1.7M) ★ 4.75 Audible (41.5K)
    15h 50m listening time • Released 2012

    King's most psychologically terrifying novel — a haunted hotel, a disintegrating father, and a little boy whose gift is his greatest danger.

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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
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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)
    18h 34m listening time • Released 2013
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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)
    17h 37m listening time • Released 2012
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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)
    17h 16m listening time • Released 2014
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    Desperation

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Stephen King

    4.36 ABR Score (162.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (154.4K) ★ 4.48 Audible (7.9K)
    21h 15m listening time • Released 2016
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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)
    22h 29m listening time • Released 2016
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    Dreamcatcher

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Jeffrey DeMunn

    4.21 ABR Score (198.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.66 Goodreads (187.3K) ★ 4.39 Audible (10.8K)
    22h 47m listening time • Released 2001
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    The Stand cover

    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

    King's apocalyptic magnum opus pits good against evil across a ravaged America — sprawling, terrifying, and peopled with characters you'll never forget.

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