• The Green Mile

  • By: Stephen King
  • Narrated by: Frank Muller
  • Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (12,978 ratings)

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The Green Mile

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Frank Muller
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Editorial reviews

Why we think it's Essential: If you've seen the Tom Hanks movie, you know this is a great story. But do yourself a favor and listen to it. Frank Muller, chosen to narrate by King himself, turns each character into flesh and blood with the pitch and pacing of his voice. I spent a Saturday with my headphones on because I couldn't turn off the story before finishing it. (I apologize for my rudeness to the person who called me that afternoon. You couldn't have known that I was dealing with life and death issues.) — Beth Anderson

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Hear this history-making serial novel - from cliffhanger to cliffhanger - in its entirety. When it first appeared, one volume per month, Stephen King's The Green Mile was an unprecedented publishing triumph: all six volumes ended up on the New York Times best seller list - simultaneously - and delighted millions of fans the world over.

Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with "Old Sparky," Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile. But he's never seen anyone like John Coffey, a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. In this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about Coffey, a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs...and yours.

©1999 Stephen King, All Rights Reserved (P)1999 Simon & Schuster, Inc., All Rights Reserved, AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Critic reviews

"A literary event." (Entertainment Weekly)

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Not what I expected!

I’m not sure what I expected, but it took me a while before I picked this book to listen to. And, It was wonderful! Wonderful story and wonderfully narrated. So set your expectations aside and just listen as the story unravels. To me, it was interesting, horrifying, thrilling and enchanting!

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So beautiful

So beautifully written. I want to rid my brain of the memory. To hear it again for the first time and to forget the heartbreak.

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Great audiobook

Frank Muller shines in this audiobook with one of the best readings I've ever heard. Making a good book great

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A great story with a fantastic narrator.

Frank Muller could make reading from a refrigerator owners manual sound riveting. Add in an interesting story from the mind of Stephen King and you will not be disappointed.

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better than nonfiction

King has such a wonderful grasp on human nature that his fictional stories are many times far sharper and keener then others nonfiction

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Awesome

What a great story, Frank Miller does an Awesome job story telling. one of my favorites

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Great Story, great characters, great narrator.

#1 Aud Bks: T Help, T Darling, All D Sedaris A Prayer for O Meany All G Flynn Lang. of Bees Bel Canto 11/22/63 H2O fr Elephants Dog Stars Pi

The list above notes my favorite audio books, limited to 140 characters. I would like to add more, and also add a short list of what I did not like (particularly Ken Follett) so that fellow scanners of reviews would have a quick sense of whether to follow a particular reviewers myriad thoughts.

You will notice Steven King's 11/22/63 on my top Audio list above. This should be there too. I have mixed feelings about King. I cannot tolerate his overly gory or supernatural stuff. There are violent scenes in this book, but they are important to the story and not overdone.This book is filled with so much humanity, it is heartbreaking. Narration that cannot be surpassed.

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Amazing Stephen King best

Storytelling at it best Stephen King define something something beautifully in this, it spoke to me.

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Just love it :)

This story is a marvel and the film adaptation is just spot on :) The narrator one of the best.

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Simply Amazing

Great book. Better than the movie, you will love it. Amazing narrator and story overall

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