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Needful Things

by Stephen King

Castle Rock

1991698 pages~13h readHorror

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Needful Things

by Stephen King

1991698 pages~13h readHorror

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“In a small town, the opening of a new store is big news.”

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§ Details

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Author

Stephen King

Published

1991

Pages

698

Editions

67 editions

Language

ENG

ISBN

9781501147418

§ Honors

what it won

☆Bram Stoker Award for Novel · nominee 1991☆Locus Award for Best Horror Novel · nominee 1992

§ Keywords

themes & tags

suspense City and town life Specialty stores Good and evil American Horror tales Horror Retail trade Reading Level-Grade 11 Reading Level-Grade 10 Reading Level-Grade 12 New York Times reviewed Consumers Maine Gift shops -- Maine -- Fiction Practical jokes -- Maine -- Fiction Harassment -- Maine -- Fiction Violence -- Maine -- Fiction Police -- Maine -- Fiction

§ The index

where · who · when

Set in

Maine Castle Rock You Sew and Sew

About

Cujo Garfield Raider Smokey Tammy Faye Felicia Irvina Sarah

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§ Editions

67 printings

Print · 1991

Viking

690 pages · 0670839531 · English

Print · 1991

Penguin Books

736 pages · 0451172817 · English

Print · 1992

Signet

752 pages · 9780451172815 · English

§ Adaptations

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Needful Things

1993

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First published 1991
698 pages · in English
№ 3029 · edition pinned by hand

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