Something Wicked This Way Comes

A Novel

By: Ray Bradbury

Narrated by: Paul Giamatti

One of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now in a new recording narrated by Paul Giamatti!

For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin. Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. A calliope’s shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. Two boys will discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all too well the heavy cost of wishes…and the stuff of nightmares.

Few novels have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury’s unparalleled literary masterpiece Something Wicked This Way Comes. Scary and suspenseful, it is a timeless classic in the American canon.

©1962 Ray Bradbury (P)2025 Simon & Schuster Audio

Spellbinding.

The suspense carried throughout. I listened to it while I was working out and kept having to keep at it until I finished a chapter.

Outstanding

Paul Giamatti is amazing … and this story … man, this story. How come it took me so long to read this book? It’s so good!

So descriptive.

Loved it all. Very Stephen king ish. I'm going to do more Ray Bradbury books

Paul Giamatti: Total Magic

I have read this book many times over the years, and hearing it read by Paul made it new again. I will listen to it now every year.
Audible please have Paul do more!! A Christmas Carol?? Please?

Terrifying thanks to Paul Giamatti

I’d listened to this while working and there were many times where I was absolutely terrified. His tone and timbre used for different characters was incredible. Unreal. I’d purposely seek out anything he narrates.