Below, you'll find a woefully incomplete list of Stephen King audio titles. Bibliographic information on audiobooks is spotty at best and nonexistent at worst, especially on early books or those available only through libraries. Many early Stephen King books were recorded by amateur readers for the Library of Congress; only much later were some of these books re-recorded professionally for commercial purposes. Still more books were recorded specifically for blind or sight-impaired people, even while a commercial version of the audiobook existed. What results is a paradoxical problem: too many audiobooks on one hand, too little information on the other. While attempting to track down and catalogue every Stephen King novel, story, and nonfiction piece ever dedicated to audio is a worthy pursuit, I’ve decided on a more streamlined approach.

This Listening List provides information on the first appearance of each work on audio, as well as the most recent – usually in-print – version. Often these versions are one and the same. Each entry lists the narrator (or narrators) involved and the year of production. More specific information – like whether the recording won awards, was a Library of Congress project, or is not a commercially available title – is also noted. Every title listed is unabridged unless otherwise noted. Happy listening!

Novels

11/22/63

• read by Craig Wasson, 2011

Bag of Bones

• read by Stephen King, 1998

Black House

• read by Frank Muller, 2001
• Winner, 2001 AudioFile Earphones Award

Blockade Billy

• read by Craig Wasson, 2010
• includes the short story, “Morality,” read by Mare Winningham

Cujo

• read by Bob Askey, 1981 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Lorna Raver, 2010

Carrie

• read by Anne Chodoff, 1974 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Sissy Spacek, 2005
• with an introduction read by Stephen King

Cell

• read by Campbell Scott, 2006

Christine

• read by Bob Askey, 1983 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Holter Graham, 2010
• Winner, 2010 AudioFile Earphones Award

The Colorado Kid

• read by Jeffrey DeMunn, 2005

Cycle of the Werewolf

• reader unknown; 1983 (?); Library of Congress recording

The Dark Half

• read by Chuck Benson, 1989 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Grover Gardener, 2010

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger

• read by Stephen King, 1988
• read by Frank Muller, 1998
• read by George Guidall (with revisions), 2003

The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three

• read by Stephen King, 1989
• read by Frank Muller, 1998

The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands

• read by Stephen King, 1991
• read by Frank Muller, 1999

The Dark Tower IV: Wizard & Glass

• read by Frank Muller, 1997

The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla

• read by George Guidall, 2003
• with an afterword read by Stephen King

The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah

• read by George Guidall, 2004

The Dark Tower

• read by George Guidall, 2004

The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole

• read by Stephen King

The Dark Tower: Little Sisters of Eluria

• read by Frank Muller, 1998
• read by Boyd Gaines, 2002

The Dead Zone

• read by Diane Eilenberg, 1979 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Lorelei King, 1998

Desperation

• read by Kathy Bates, 1996; abridged
• read by Stephen King, 1996

Dolores Claiborne

• read by Frances Sternhagen, 1993

Dreamcatcher

• read by Jeffrey DeMunn, 2001
• Nominee, 2002 Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award, Fiction

Duma Key

• read by John Slattery, 2008
• Winner, 2009 Audie Award, Fiction (tie)

The Eyes of the Dragon

• read by David Palmer, 1987 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Bronson Pinchot, 2010

Firestarter

• read by Merwin Smith, 1980 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Dennis Boutsikaris
• Winner, 2010 AudioFile Earphones Award

From a Buick 8

• read by James Rebhorn, Bruce Davison, Betty Ann Baker, Peter Geret, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Fred Sanders

Gerald’s Game

• read by Lindsay Crouse, 1993

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

• read by Anne Heche, 1999

The Green Mile

• read by Frank Muller, 1996
• Winner, 1997 Audie Award, Best Unabridged Fiction

Hearts In Atlantis

• read by William Hurt and Stephen King, 2000

Insomnia

• read by Eli Wallach, 1994

It

• read by Chuck Benson, 1986 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Steven Weber, 2010

Joyland

• read by Michael Kelly, 2013

Lisey’s Story

• read by Mare Winningham, 2008

Misery

• read by Lindsay Crouse, 1995
• dramatized by a full cast, 2004

Needful Things

• read by Stephen King, 1991

Pet Sematary

• read by Merwin Smith, 1983 (?); Library of Congress recording
• dramatized by a full cast, 1997
• note: no commercial narrative of Pet Sematary has yet been published

Rose Madder

• read by Blair Brown and Stephen King, 1995

The Talisman

• read by Frank Muller, 2001
• Winner, 2002 Audie Award, Unabridged Fiction
• Winner, 2002 AudioFile Earphones Award

’Salem’s Lot

• performed by a full cast, 1995
• read by Ron McLarty, 2004
• with an introduction read by Stephen King

The Shining

• read by Bruce Huntey, 1977 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Campbell Scott, 2005

The Stand

• read by Grover Gardner, 1978 (?)

The Stand: Complete and Uncut

• read by Bruce Huntey, 1990 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Garrick Hagon, Bookstream Book Club, 2010
• note: no commercial narrative of The Stand has yet been published

The Tommyknockers

• read by Pam Ward, 1987 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Edward Herrmann, 2010

Under the Dome

• read by Raul Esparza, 2009

As Richard Bachman

Rage

• read by Bob Askey; 1985 (?); Library of Congress recording
• note: the book is no longer in print; it is unlikely a new recording of this will ever surface

The Long Walk

• read by Bob Askey; 1985 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Kirby Heybourne, 2010

Roadwork

• read by Bob Askey; 1985 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by G. Valmont Thomas, 2010

The Running Man

• read by Bob Askey; 1985 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by Kevin Kenerly, 2010

Thinner

• read by Paul Sorvino, 1985; abridged
• read by Joe Mantegna, 2009

The Regulators

• read by Kate Nelligan, 1996; abridged
• read by Frank Muller, 1996

Blaze

• read by Ron McLarty, 2007

Collections

Night Shift

• read by Michael Kramer, 1979 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by John Glover, 1985
• incomplete; missing the stories “I Am the Doorway,” “Trucks,” and “The Man Who Loved Flowers”

Different Seasons

• read by Frank Muller, 1985
• “The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan” (live), read by Stephen King as part of The Wavedancer Benefit, 2002

Skeleton Crew

• read by Frank Muller, 1985
• “The Monkey,” a radio performance on October 31, 1985 – Halloween night – to benefit UNICEF, adapted by horror legend Dennis Etchison, 1985
• “The Mist,” dramatized by a full cast, 1986
• Stories From Skeleton Crew, read by David Purdham and Gale Garnett, 1986
• incomplete; includes only four stories – “The Reaper’s Image,” “Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut,” “The Monkey,” and “Gramma”
• Skeleton Crew: Selections, read by Stephen King, Dana Ivey, Matthew Broderick, and Frances Sternhagen, 1994
• incomplete; includes only four stories – “The Raft,” “Gramma,” “The Monkey,” and “The Reaper’s Image” published under the title Skeleton Crew: Selections

Four Past Midnight

• “The Langoliers” read by Willem Dafoe, 1990
• “Secret Window, Secret Garden” read by James Woods, 1990
• “The Library Policeman” read by Ken Howard, 1990
• “The Sun Dog” read by Tim Sample, 1990

Nightmares & Dreamscapes

• read by Stephen King, Rob Lowe, Matthew Broderick, Whoopi Goldberg, Ed Begley Jr., Frank Muller, Joe Mantegna, Kathy Bates, Lindsay Crouse, Eve Beglarian, David Cronenberg, Grace Slick, Yeardly Smith, Jerry Garcia, Joe Morton, Tim Curry, Tabitha King, Gary Sinese, Robert B. Parker, Stephen J. Gould, and Dominic Cuskern, 1994

Everything’s Eventual

• Blood and Smoke, read by Stephen King, 1999
• L.T.’s Theory of Pets (live), read by Stephen King, 2001
• Riding the Bullet, read by Josh Hamilton, 2002
• Five Dark Tales, read by Justin Long, Oliver Platt, Boyd Gaines, Judith Ivey, and Jay O. Sanders, 2002
• The Man in the Black Suit: Four Dark Tales, read by John Cullum, Peter Gerety, Becky Ann Baker, and Arliss Howard, 2002

Just After Sunset

• read by Stephen King, Jill Eikenberry, Holter Graham, George Guidall, Ron McLarty, Denis O'Hare, Ben Shenkman, Skipp Sudduth, Mare Winningham, and Karen Ziemba, 2008

Full Dark, No Stars

• read by Craig Wasson and Jessica Hecht, 2010

Uncollected Stories

“The Revelations of ’Becka Paulson”

• from I Shudder At Your Touch, read by Stephen King, 1994

“Throttle” (with Joe Hill)

• from Road Rage, read by Stephen Lang, 2009

“Ur”

• read by Holter Graham, 2010

“Mile 81”/"The Dune"

• read by Thomas Sadoski and Edward Herrmann, 2012

Nonfiction

Danse Macabre

• read by Merwin Smith, 1981 (?); Library of Congress recording
• read by William Dufris, 2010

Mid-Life Confidential

• essay “The Neighborhood of the Beast” read by Stephen King, 1994

On Writing

• read by Stephen King, 2000

Building Bridges

• read by Stephen King (live), 2004

Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season

• read by Ron McLarty and Adam Grupper, 2005

Screenplays

Storm of the Century

• read by Gregory Gorton, 1999; Library of Congress recording

Other

One On One, by Tabitha King, read by Stephen King (abridged) (1993)

Stranger Than Fiction, with the Rock Bottom Remainders; Stephen King sings the songs “Bo Diddley,” “Stand By Me,” and “You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover” (with Kathi Kamen Goldmark) (1998)

Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell; Stephen King plays the voice of Abraham Lincoln (2006)