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You Like It Darker
- Stories
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Stephen King
- Length: 20 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,557
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,012
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,012
“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to digest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chilling and beautiful stories
- By MamaBear on 05-24-24
- You Like It Darker
- Stories
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Stephen King
One of King’s best works.
Reviewed: 04-06-25
The stories were so original. I will listen to this book many times. I think this is the best thing King has written in years.
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False Memory
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: Stephen Lang
- Length: 21 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,612
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,886
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,884
It's a fear more paralyzing than falling. More terrifying than absolute darkness. More horrifying than anything you can imagine. It's the one fear you cannot escape, no matter where you run...no matter where you hide. It's the fear of yourself. It's real. It can happen to you. And facing it can be deadly.
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5 out of 5 stars
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spectacular
- By dietetzners on 04-21-07
- False Memory
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: Stephen Lang
I couldn’t put it down.
Reviewed: 07-27-24
Definitely a slow start. When the action starts it doesn’t stop. Very suspenseful. Kept my heart racing. This is one of Dean’s best books.
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The Panther
- By: Nelson DeMille
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 21 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,241
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,599
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,580
Anti-terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, have been posted overseas to Sana'a, Yemen—one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. While there, they will be working with a small team to track down one of the masterminds behind the USS Cole bombing: A high-ranking Al Qaeda operative known as The Panther. Ruthless and elusive, he's wanted for multiple terrorist acts and murders—and the US Government is determined to bring him down, no matter the cost.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Corey Story
- By 9S on 02-04-13
- The Panther
- By: Nelson DeMille
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
John Corey book # 6 my least favorite of this series.
Reviewed: 01-28-24
I couldn’t stay interested. Not as good as the previous 5 books. John Corey is who he is. You either like him or you don’t. He stays the same. Hopefully book 7 will be better. The ending was anticlimactic.
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It
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 44 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 62,547
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 56,744
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56,562
Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made 28 years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Classic with a Top-Notch Performance!
- By Nicole - Audible on 06-19-17
- It
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
If this had been my first Stephen King book it would have been my last.
Reviewed: 11-23-23
I purchased this audiobook years ago. After several chapters I returned for a refund. Long story short, Actually I have more credits than I need each year. I went back and read reviews for this book. Glowing reviews. The best book I ever read, it changed my life for the better, I loved it. I purchased a second time and made it through to the end. This is the worst King I’ve ever listened to. The foul language, children having sex and a disgusting story. I can’t return it but I am doing the next best thing and deleting it from my device.
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'Salem's Lot
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Stephen King
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27,410
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24,546
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24,492
Writer Ben Mears has returned to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot with the hope that moving into a delapidated mansion, long the subject of town lore, might help him get a handle on his life and provide inspiration for a new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive, Mears begins to realize that there may be something sinister at work.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Great Performance of an Excellent Story
- By Tami on 10-02-12
- 'Salem's Lot
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty, Stephen King
Always one of my favorites
Reviewed: 04-29-23
Timeless. One of King’s best. Always causes a pounding of the heart. Don’t listen when alone at night.
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Mark of Evil
- By: Craig Parshall, Tim LaHaye
- Narrated by: Daniel Butler
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 526
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 482
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 485
The world is falling apart. Joshua Jordan’s protégé Ethan March, along with Jimmy Louder and Rivka Reuban, have been left behind in a world that is rapidly coming under the complete influence of the Antichrist. Technology is growing by leaps and bounds with BID-Tag implants, robotic police units, and drone-bots flying overhead . . . all designed to control and dominate those who resist the Antichrist’s reign of evil.
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1 out of 5 stars
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TERRIBLE NARRATOR
- By Anna on 06-09-14
- Mark of Evil
- By: Craig Parshall, Tim LaHaye
- Narrated by: Daniel Butler
The Narrator is the worst.
Reviewed: 03-14-23
The narrator is so bad that I can’t stand to listen to this book. I have no idea if the story is good. Doesn’t anybody at audio ever listen to these books? I want to return this horrible selection.
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Defending Jacob
- A Novel
- By: William Landay
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,012
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,446
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,432
Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than 20 years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: his 14-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Terrific!
- By cristina on 03-12-12
- Defending Jacob
- A Novel
- By: William Landay
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Interesting story
Reviewed: 08-14-22
This audio book was interesting. I am really not sure how to rate it. It kept me interested throughout. What I will say it’s about people I am glad I don’t know. I don’t want to spoil the story but I really dislike everything about the father and I don’t like the mother or the son.
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The Shadows We Hide
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,258
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,454
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,431
Joe Talbert, Jr. has never once met his namesake. Now out of college, a cub reporter for the Associated Press in Minneapolis, he stumbles across a story describing the murder of a man named Joseph Talbert in a small town in southern Minnesota. Full of curiosity about whether this man might be his father, Joe is shocked to find that none of the town's residents have much to say about the dead man - other than that his death was long overdue....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Like Minnesota winters: long, dark, depressing.
- By Richard Delman on 08-23-19
- The Shadows We Hide
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
Allen Eskens does it again.
Reviewed: 09-30-20
I loved the first book about Joe. I was a little nervous about purchasing the sequel. So many mixed reviews.
I am so glad that I took a leap of faith and purchased The Shadows We Hide. The story was well written. I really liked the characters. I don’t make moral judgments. I didn’t think that there was any reason to. Joe was a good guy. His decisions were questionable to some but I didn’t have any issues with these.
This is a fictional story and I am now a solid fan of Allen Eskens. Zack Villa was outstanding as the narrator.
This is one of my favorite audiobooks.
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Out of the Dark
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 4)
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9,903
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,123
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9,080
Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets - i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man, a man who helps the truly desperate when no one else can. But now Evan's past is catching up to him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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SMOAKIN' HOT!!!!
- By shelley on 01-30-19
- Out of the Dark
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 4)
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
I thoroughly enjoyed the Orphan X series.
Reviewed: 09-29-20
I have all four audiobooks in this series and I am looking forward to audiobook number five.
I really liked the stories and the characters.
Scott Brick always does a outstanding job as narrator. Gregg Hurwitz does an amazing job keeping his readers entertained.
I highly recommend the Orphan X series.
I haven’t had a chance to read any other books by Gregg Hurwitz but I am sure that they will be worth purchasing.
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The Nowhere Man
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 2)
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,877
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,931
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,895
Who is THE NOWHERE MAN? He is spoken about only in whispers. He comes to those in greatest need of his protection. There is no enemy he cannot fight. He lives by his own code. He takes no prisoners. His name is Evan Smoak. Taken from a group home when he was young, Evan was raised and trained as an Orphan, an off-the-books black box program designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence asset: An assassin.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This book is awful!
- By SO on 01-23-17
- The Nowhere Man
- An Orphan X Novel (Evan Smoak, Book 2)
- By: Gregg Hurwitz
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Glad that I took a chance on The Nowhere Man.
Reviewed: 09-19-20
After purchasing this audiobook I read the reviews. The reviews were very bad. I thought about returning this audiobook without listening.
I am so glad that I decided to give this audiobook a try.
I liked the story. I didn’t knit pick the story apart like so many reviews had. I listened and enjoyed. I am a fan of the Nowhere Man series.
Gregg Hurwitz tells a fascinating story. Scott Brick never disappoints.
Bottom line, this is a fictional story, therefore everything doesn’t have to believable.
I am looking forward to book #3 in this series.
You can’t always go by the reviews of others.
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