Audiobooks Like Doctor Sleep

Will Patton narrates Stephen King's Shining sequel with a weathered gruffness that suits an older Danny Torrance — his voice carries the specific sadness of a man who knows what's coming back for him, across 19 hours that balance recovery narrative against supernatural thriller. Three picks share Patton's narration, and the author himself accounts for ten of the recommendations, keeping the list in King's corner of horror where the monsters are real but the damage they exploit always starts internal.

10 audiobooks for fans of Doctor Sleep

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    If It Bleeds

    Holly Gibney • Book 2

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Will Patton, Danny Burstein, Steven Weber

    ★ 4.53 ABR Score (147.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (129.6K) ★ 4.58 Audible (17.4K)
    15h 12m listening time • Released 2020
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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)
    5h 19m listening time • Released 2017
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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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  4. 4
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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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    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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    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)
    19h 35m listening time • Released 2016
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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)
    14h 55m listening time • Released 2010
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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 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)
    15h 14m listening time • Released 2016

    Grover Gardner transforms King's psychological horror into something genuinely unsettling—his dual vocal performance as writer and murderer creates an intimacy that makes the paranoia crawl under your skin in ways print never could.

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