Needful Things

Stephen King

Aug 2012 · Hodder & Stoughton · Narrated by Stephen King

4.0

7 reviews

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25 hr 11 min

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About this audiobook

There was a new shop in town. Run by a stranger.

Needful Things, the sign said. The oddest name. A name that caused some gossip and speculation among the good folks of Castle Rock, Maine, while they waited for opening day.

Eleven-year-old Brian Rusk was the first customer and he got just what he wanted, a very rare 1956 Sandy Koufax baseball card. Signed. Cyndi Rose Martin was next. A Lalique vase. A perfect match for her living room decor.

Something for everyone. Something you really had to have. And always at a price you could just about afford. The cash price that is. Because there was another price. There always is when your heart's most secret, true desire is for sale . . .

(P)2008 Penguin Audiobooks

Ratings and reviews

4.0

7 reviews

just_a_saeu88

April 16, 2020

Loved the book and movie which is why I didn't give it a one. King is one of my fave writers-- but a good narrator he ain't. It was so bad and cringe-y especially his reverend voice Dx I was able to finish the audiobook on low volume to dampen his nasally, whinny voice. Why couldn't you get another narrator like in the IT audiobook? And that annoying blaring music just jolts me awake. Not worth the $$$ so read the actual book or watch the movie. I finished it coz' it was expensive but my gosh---it was a painful experience! If you just bought this, please do not wear headphones/earphones lest you want your ears to bleed and sanity punctured!!

William Foulser

September 10, 2019

I've recently been really enjoying reading King's books. He's very hit and miss but usually always fun if nothing else. This audiobook however is dreadful. King doesn't make a good narrator and his hammy narration is interspersed by atrocious clown music that takes you right out of the story destroying what little atmosphere King 'crafts' with his campy vo. I really tried to get into it as it wasn't cheap but 7hours in - I'm out. It might be a good read but a no-no for the audiobook for me.

Thomas Spencer

November 30, 2022

This is an awesome audio book, SK is one helluva narrator,it's also really funny in a lot of places,a "hoot" I have no hesitation in recommending this book. brilliant Mr.King.👌👌👌👌👌👌

About the author

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His crime thrillers featuring Holly Gibney include Mr Mercedes, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel, and The Outsider, both of which were adapted into successful TV series, as well as Finders Keepers, End of Watch and the title story from If It Bleeds. Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time. King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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