10 audiobooks for fans of Needful Things
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 2008King 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
★ 4.18 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.53 Audible (1.2K)7h 54m listening time • Released 2009 -
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
★ 4.03 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.28 Audible (2.3K)9h 34m listening time • Released 2009 -
Four Past Midnight
Four Past Midnight #1-4 • Book 1
by Stephen King
Narrated by James Woods, Tim Sample, Willem Dafoe, Ken Howard
★ 4.36 ABR Score (120.7K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (116.6K) ★ 4.49 Audible (4.2K)29h 39m listening time • Released 2016 -
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 -
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 2012King'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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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 2012King'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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