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11/22/63 Audiobook by Stephen King— narrated by Craig Wasson
Stephen King sends a small-town English teacher back to 1958 through a portal in a diner pantry, with one mission: stop the Kennedy assassination. The result is a sprawling, deeply human time-travel epic that's as much love story as thriller.
Why the audiobook wins
Craig Wasson doesn't just read Jake Epping's odyssey into 1958, he inhabits the era's cadence — the slower speech, the diner-counter small talk, the creeping dread under postwar politeness — so the past feels lived-in rather than described. Over more than thirty hours, Wasson holds a huge cast of townspeople, con men, and one increasingly unstable Lee Harvey Oswald without ever losing Jake's steady, haunted voice at the center.
This is a book built for the long haul: a man who trades five years of his life to stop an assassination, and an audiobook that lets you trade real hours of yours to live inside that bargain. It's the rare King doorstop where the length is the point — the slow accumulation of a second life, a second love, and a second American decade, all rendered close enough to touch.
Wasson's performance is the kind that makes a thirty-hour commitment feel like time travel rather than homework, carrying you from that diner pantry all the way to Dallas. One credit gets you the whole trip.
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- Who narrates the 11/22/63 audiobook?
- Craig Wasson narrates the audiobook edition of 11/22/63.
- How long is the 11/22/63 audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 30 hr 40 min.
- Is the 11/22/63 audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored 11/22/63 4.6 out of 5. Craig Wasson doesn't just read Jake Epping's odyssey into 1958, he inhabits the era's cadence — the slower speech, the diner-counter small talk, the creeping dread under postwar politeness — so the past feels lived-in rather than described. Over more than thirty hours, Wasson…
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- Is 11/22/63 on Kindle Unlimited?
- No. 11/22/63 was not included with Kindle Unlimited when we last checked on June 30, 2026.
- How much does 11/22/63 cost?
- On Amazon: Kindle $11.99, Paperback $14.64, Hardcover $18.03. Prices as of August 22, 2026 at 1:20 AM EDT and may change.
