10 books for fans of 11/22/63
- 1
Sleeping Beauties
by Stephen King, Owen King
More about this pick
Sleeping women become wrapped in mysterious cocoons and turn violent when disturbed, dividing the world by gender as society crumbles and men reveal their true nature.
★ 3.73 Goodreads (96.1K ratings) - 2
The Tommyknockers
by Stephen King
More about this pick
King's residents of Haven develop miraculous technological abilities after exposure to a mysterious buried object, but their humanity slowly drains away with each innovation.
★ 3.61 Goodreads (166.5K ratings) - 3
This Inevitable Ruin
Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7
Why this book?
Both audiobooks deliver immersive, high-stakes narratives that blend dark themes with intricate world-building across extensive runtimes, and the dual narration in This Inevitable Ruin creates the same sense of narrative depth that Craig Wasson brings to King's time-travel epic. The sprawling, character-driven plots in both works reward listeners who appreciate horror that builds psychological tension alongside external threats.
★ 4.68 Goodreads (74.1K ratings) - 4
The Twelve
The Passage • Book 2
by Justin Cronin
More about this pick
The government experiment that created vampire-like creatures continues wreaking havoc as humanity struggles to survive in scattered colonies. Cronin widens his lens to show how civilization adapts when the world ends.
★ 4.03 Goodreads (106.8K ratings) - 5
Light Bringer
Red Rising • Book 6
by Pierce Brown
More about this pick
Brown's space opera reaches new emotional depths as Darrow faces his greatest losses yet, while political maneuvering threatens to destroy everything the Rising fought for.
★ 4.77 Goodreads (110.6K ratings) - 6
Golden Son
Red Rising • Book 2
by Pierce Brown
More about this pick
Darrow must maintain his Gold disguise while orchestrating a rebellion that could free the enslaved Red caste. Brown's middle volume amplifies the stakes with space warfare and political betrayal.
★ 4.50 Goodreads (505.3K ratings) - 7
Death's End
Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 3
by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu
More about this pick
The Three-Body trilogy's finale follows humanity's desperate attempts to survive alien colonization across multiple centuries and dimensions. Liu's hard science fiction tackles the Fermi paradox with solutions both ingenious and terrifying.
★ 4.40 Goodreads (176.1K ratings) - 8
For We Are Many
Bobiverse • Book 2
More about this pick
Bob's AI copies have spent forty years searching for habitable worlds, but now face system-wide civil war and an alien species that wants humanity extinct.
★ 4.37 Goodreads (75.2K ratings) - 9
Ender's Shadow
Ender's Shadow • Book 1
More about this pick
While Ender commanded armies, Bean—a street-smart child genius—survived through pure intellect, revealing the hidden machinations behind humanity's most crucial military training.
★ 4.32 Goodreads (180.6K ratings) - 10
Ender's Game
The Ender Saga • Book 1
More about this pick
Card examines childhood manipulation and military ethics through Ender's tactical brilliance at Battle School, where children train for interstellar warfare through elaborate games.
★ 4.31 Goodreads (1.5M ratings)