Audiobooks Like Just After Sunset

The ensemble narration of Just After Sunset — Stephen King and nine others splitting 15 hours of short horror — means each story arrives in a different voice, keeping the collection from settling into a single texture. Ten out of ten recommendations come from King's catalog and eight share narrators from the original cast, making this a list for listeners who want to stay inside King's particular brand of everyday-dread horror.

10 audiobooks for fans of Just After Sunset

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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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    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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    Needful Things

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Stephen King

    ★ 4.52 ABR Score (293.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (281.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (12.1K)
    25h 11m listening time • Released 2016
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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 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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    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
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    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
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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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    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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