Audiobooks Like The Dark Half

Grover Gardner narrates Stephen King's doppelgänger horror with a methodical clarity that suits a story about a writer losing control of his own fiction — Gardner doesn't oversell the horror, which makes the violence, when it comes, land harder, and at 15 hours the novel moves at the pace of dread rather than shock. The recs are drawn almost entirely from King's catalog, where Gardner's narration keeps appearing, anchoring some of King's most highly regarded work.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Dark Half

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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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    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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    If It Bleeds cover

    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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    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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    Cujo (1981) Stephen King 1st Print Hardback

    Cujo / Rattlesnakes • Book 1

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Lorna Raver

    4.35 ABR Score (329.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.8 Goodreads (324.9K) ★ 4.51 Audible (4.2K)
    14h 7m listening time • Released 2016
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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

    Just After Sunset delivers the same psychological darkness and supernatural unease as The Dark Half, but through a collection of shorter stories that offer varied perspectives on King's exploration of the sinister and uncanny. The full-cast narration creates an engaging listening experience that matches the 15-hour runtime while showcasing King's mastery of building dread across different scenarios and character voices.

    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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    Revival

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by David Morse

    4.16 ABR Score (154.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (142.5K) ★ 4.26 Audible (12.2K)
    13h 24m listening time • Released 2014
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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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