Stephen King
41) Insomnia
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A #1 national bestseller—"A yarn so packed with suspense, romance, literary reference, fascinating miscellaneous knowledge, and heart that only Stephen King could have written it. Marvelous—that is, full of marvels" (Booklist).
Since his wife died, Ralph Roberts has been having trouble sleeping. Each night he wakes up a bit earlier, until he's barely sleeping at all. During his late night walks, he observes some strange...
Since his wife died, Ralph Roberts has been having trouble sleeping. Each night he wakes up a bit earlier, until he's barely sleeping at all. During his late night walks, he observes some strange...
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Dark Tower volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 37
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English
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Wolves of the Calla continues the adventures of Roland, the Last Gunslinger and survivor of a civilized world that has "moved on." Roland's quest is ka, an inevitable destiny -- to reach and perhaps save the Dark Tower, which stands at the center of everywhere and everywhen. This pursuit brings Roland, with the three others who've joined his quest to Calla Bryn Sturgis, a town in the shadow of Thunderclap, beyond which lies the Dark Tower. Before...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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After Flagg, the evil court magician, sees a mouse chance upon a grain of dragon sand behind Prince Peter's shelves and die--as did the king--in fire and smoke, he plots to imprison Peter in the Needle and seize control of the kingdom.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 46
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English
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Four Times Fear Equals Total Terror....
THE LANGOLIERS
You are strapped in an airplane seat on a flight beyond hell.
SECRET WINDOW, SECRET GARDEN
You are trapped in the demonic depths of a writer's worst nightmare.
THE LIBRARY POLICEMAN
You are forced into a hunt for the most horrifying secret a small town ever hid.
THE SUN DOG
You are focusing in on a beast bent on shredding your sanity.
You are in the hands of Stephen...
THE LANGOLIERS
You are strapped in an airplane seat on a flight beyond hell.
SECRET WINDOW, SECRET GARDEN
You are trapped in the demonic depths of a writer's worst nightmare.
THE LIBRARY POLICEMAN
You are forced into a hunt for the most horrifying secret a small town ever hid.
THE SUN DOG
You are focusing in on a beast bent on shredding your sanity.
You are in the hands of Stephen...
45) From a Buick 8
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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The state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in Shed B out back of the barracks ever since 1979, when Troopers Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox answered a call from a gas station just down the road and came back with an abandoned Buick Roadmaster. Curt Wilcox knew old cars, and he knew immediately that this one was... wrong, just wrong. A few hours later, when Rafferty vanished, Wilcox and his fellow troopers knew the car was...
46) The dark half
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Thad Beaumont comes under suspicion when clues concerning a murder lead to George Stark, the fictional alter ego under whose name Beaumont used to write.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 43
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English
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Collection of 23 short stories--from classic horror to vampire thrillers, imitations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Raymond Chandler, a teleplay, and a non-fiction bonus, a heartfelt little piece on Little League baseball.
48) Misery
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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After an almost fatal car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon finds himself being nursed by a deranged fan who holds him captive.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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*#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
Includes "Mr. Harrigan's Phone"—now a Netflix original film starring Donald Sutherland and Jaeden Martell!
From the legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new "exceptionally compelling novellas that reaffirm [King's] mastery of the form" (The Washington Post).
Readers adore Stephen...
Includes "Mr. Harrigan's Phone"—now a Netflix original film starring Donald Sutherland and Jaeden Martell!
From the legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new "exceptionally compelling novellas that reaffirm [King's] mastery of the form" (The Washington Post).
Readers adore Stephen...
50) Black house
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 41
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English
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Talisman, "an intelligent...suspenseful page-turner" (The Wall Street Journal) from "two master craftsmen, each at the top of his game" (The Washington Post).
Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer traveled to a parallel universe called the Territories to save his mother and her Territories "Twinner" from an agonizing death that would have brought cataclysm...
Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer traveled to a parallel universe called the Territories to save his mother and her Territories "Twinner" from an agonizing death that would have brought cataclysm...
51) Gerald's game
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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Now a Netflix movie directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Hush) and starring Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood.
Master storyteller Stephen King presents this classic, terrifying #1 New York Times bestseller. When a game of seduction between a husband and wife ends in death, the nightmare has only begun...
"And now the voice which spoke belonged to no one but herself. Oh my God, it said. Oh my...
Master storyteller Stephen King presents this classic, terrifying #1 New York Times bestseller. When a game of seduction between a husband and wife ends in death, the nightmare has only begun...
"And now the voice which spoke belonged to no one but herself. Oh my God, it said. Oh my...
52) Song of Susannah
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Dark Tower volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Stephen King The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah with 10 full-color illustrations by Darrel Anderson The next-to-last novel in Stephen King's seven-volume magnum opus, Song of Susannah is at once a book of revelation, a fascinating key to the unfolding mystery of the Dark Tower, and a fast-paced story of double-barreled suspense. To give birth to her "chap," demon-mother Mia has usurped the body of Susannah Dean and used the power of Black Thirteen...
54) Rose Madder
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The #1 national bestseller about a woman who escapes an abusive marriage is "one of Stephen King's most engrossing horror novels. Relentlessly paced and brilliantly orchestrated...fueled by an air of danger immediate and overwhelming" (Publishers Weekly).
"What woke her up was a single drop of blood, no larger than a dime."
After surviving fourteen years of hell in a violently abusive marriage, Rosie Daniels finally...
"What woke her up was a single drop of blood, no larger than a dime."
After surviving fourteen years of hell in a violently abusive marriage, Rosie Daniels finally...
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From the world's bestselling author comes one woman's narrative traversing thirty years between two mysterious deaths.
Dolores Claiborne's elderly employer dies suddenly, apparently from falling down a flight of stairs. This tragedy sparks memories of the day Dolores's husband died... the day of the total eclipse. Suspected by police and townspeople alike, she delivers a story of a disintegrating marriage, and the breaking point reached by a
...56) Blockade Billy
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"Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first--and only--player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history. Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional...
58) 1922
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Scribner
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English
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"Wilfred James owns eighty acres of farmland in Nebraska that have been in his family for generations. His wife, Arlette, owns an adjoining one hundred acres. She wants to sell her land but if she does, Wilfred will be forced to sell as well. James will do anything to hold onto his farm, and he'll get his son to go along. Betrayal, murder, madness, rats, 1922 is a breathtaking exploration into the dark side of human nature from the great American...
59) Skeleton crew
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English
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Age-old images of fear fuse with the iconography of contemporary American life in this collection of tales from the modern master of horror.
60) The Regulators
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English
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Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic, terrifying New York Times bestseller of those caught between the surreal forces of good versus evil in a small suburban Ohio town.
"The red van rolls past...humming and glinting. ...Things are happening fast now, although no one on Poplar Street realizes it yet."
It's a gorgeous midsummer afternoon along Poplar Street in the peaceful suburbia of Wentwort, Ohio, where...
"The red van rolls past...humming and glinting. ...Things are happening fast now, although no one on Poplar Street realizes it yet."
It's a gorgeous midsummer afternoon along Poplar Street in the peaceful suburbia of Wentwort, Ohio, where...