LIMITED TIME OFFER | Get 3 months for $0.99 a month

$14.95/mo thereafter - terms apply.
Desperation cover art

Desperation

Preview
Get this deal Try for $0.00
Offer ends January 29, 2026 11:59pm PT.
Just $0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 audiobook per month of your choice from our unparalleled catalog.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo + applicable taxes after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Desperation

Written by: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King
Get this deal Try for $0.00

$14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime. Offer ends January 29, 2026 11:59pm PT.

$14.95 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $34.99

Buy Now for $34.99

About this listen

Stephen King’s #1 national bestseller about a little mining town, Desperation, that many will enter on their way to somewhere else. But getting out is not easy as it would seem…

"I see holes like eyes. My mind is full of them."

For all intents and purposes, police officer Collie Entragian, chief law enforcement for the small mining town of Desperation, Nevada, appears to be completely insane. He's taken to stopping vehicles along the desolate Interstate 50 and abducting unwary travelers with various unusual ploys. There's something very wrong here in Desperation...and Officer Entragian is only at the surface of it. The secrets embedded in Desperation's landscape, and the horrifying evil that infects the town like some viral hot zone, are both awesome and terrifying. But one of Entragian's victims, young David Carver, seems to know—and it scares him nearly to death to realize this truth—that the forces being summoned to combat this frightful, maniacal aberration are of equal and opposite intensity...
Genre Fiction Horror Literary Fiction Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal Disappearance Fiction Exciting
All stars
Most Relevant
I read this book when it was first published but listening to King read his own words made the story come alive. His reading of Bag of Bones is a must-listen, an Audible masterpiece.

Stephen King Should Read ALL His Books

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

These books are never a disappointment, love how Authors faith us brought into them.

amazing as usual

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Very tense and with characters as loveable/hateable as any horror movie cast. Pairs well with the Regulators

Creepy as hell

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I am a complete Stephen King fan. That being said, although I love his writing, I am not a fan of his narration. Mr. King does not get into character the way many of his narrators do.
I also did not find that the characters in this book were as well defined as most of Stevens characters. still, an excellent listen enjoyed the book.

Good, but not great

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

#audible1 what a wonderful book and even better to have it narrated by Stephen king

great story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews