Bag of Bones

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Stephen King

Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

Even four years after the sudden death of his wife, best selling novelist Mike Noonan can't stop grieving, nor can he return to his writing. Now his nights are plagued by vivid nightmares of the house by the lake. Despite these dreams, or perhaps because of them, he decides to return to Sara Laughs, the Noonans' isolated summer home. In his beloved Yankee town, he finds himself falling in love with a widowed young mother, who struggles to keep custody of her 3-year-old daughter. He is also drawn into the mystery of Sara Laughs, now the site of ghostly visitations, ever-escalating nightmares, and the sudden recovery of his writing ability. What are the forces that have been unleashed here - and what do they want of Mike Noonan?

©1998 Stephen King, All Rights Reserved (P)1998 Simon & Schuster, Inc., All Rights Reserved

Critic reviews

"The witty and obsessive voice of King's powerful imagination." (Amy Tan)
"What King lacks in professional polish he makes up for with an infectious enthusiasm that will lock in listeners for the long haul." (Publishers Weekly)

Great book

Stephen Kings writing is so descriptive and the story draws you in. Add that listening to Stephen reading of the book and you have a great audio book.

I love this book!

Probably my favorite King novel. I find the character development amazing, there are few books that when you finish the story, you are left caring about what happens to the characters. I have read it 5 or six times, first time I listened to it.

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so...terrific story. wish Mr. King would read more.

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Adore

I absolutely this book and Mr King was absolute perfect defect narrator! I agree with all he said too at the end of the book.
The writer of a book whom also is the narrator of the book does no better than anyone. Only the writer knows what emotions need to be used in the voice & even how much to speed up the narration at the proper points in the story.

Great story of; love, mystery, revenge, horror, jealousy, hate, crime, ghosts, cuteness, kindness, suspense & so much more! If you haven't read it, or listened to it yet...you really must!! Let's listen to Sarah's Laugh by the lake together, maybe you can find the plastic owls, or perhaps just to pass the time. ;)

Hope you enjoy it like I did

I am not crying

Hat down to this beautiful writer and his masterpiece. Truly appreciate the time you took to read the book.

Great Storytelling

I am a fan of Stephen King novels. I love listening to them on audio. I especially loved hearing Bag of Bones told by the author himself. Great book! Very beautiful! Almost had me tearing up towards the end!

Good story, Good narration

I read Stephen King to be transported, to be thrilled, and to have fun. This book checks all those boxes. Is it his best work? No. There are times when he gets a bit heavy on describing the woods. One very graphic and far too detailed scene in particular that I thought was a step too far, even for Mr. King. And I'm not sure he really understands female characters that well as is evidenced by one particular scene in which one of the female leads dances on a Frisbee (random) while three older men drool over her and yet King uses an almost wistful tone to describe it. But those minor flaws aside, it was still a fun listen.

Excellent

It was interesting listening to Mr. King read the book. He did a pretty good job at the voices, did an excellent job of setting the atmosphere.

The story starts real slow, but it's worth it, especially seeing how he crafted lines between the characters on the TR and their less than upstanding ancestors.

A different side of Stephen King

This was a different type of Stephen King than what I’m used to. The storyline was rather sad but the premise of the book was actually pretty believable, in contrast to books like the Langoliers, Tommy Knockers, Needful Things, it etc. for the first quarter of the book, I kept waiting for this ominous dark force to rear its ugly head but the force in this one was his pure sweet deceased wife and a few other “fridge-er-raider” people trying to send a message.

The love story that was mixed in had me hopeful for the widower to find happiness and re-ignite the spark that he was missing.

Basically, Stephen King has yet to disappoint me. But I’m no quitter I’ll keep looking, listening, & watching.

Loved it ❤️

I thought that it was a slow start and there were a lot of characters to get to know…….but Steven King is a master story teller and as usual it took off. Great ride!!!