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It: A Novel

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Stephen King・・Ended

Updated: July 30, 2019

Content length: 1168 pages

language: English

Source: amazon

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Synopsis

Stephen King’s classic #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for the massively successful films It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two as well as inspiration for HBO Max’s series It: Welcome to Derry—about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled upon as teenagers...an evil without a name: It. Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry’s sewers. Readers of Stephen King know that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, and 11/22/63. But it all starts with It.

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🌟 Editor’s Pick — Why It Belongs on Your Shelf

Stephen King’s It is the quintessential modern horror epic—a braid of childhood and adulthood where the Losers’ Club faces a shape-shifting evil that resurfaces every 27 years in Derry, Maine. Its nonlinear structure and sprawling cast make fear feel intimate, not abstract, turning a monster story into a myth about memory, courage, and the bonds we choose.
What keeps it timeless isn’t just Pennywise, but the way King threads themes of friendship, trauma, and moral clarity through the terror—layers that critics have long highlighted as the novel’s beating heart.
And right now is a perfect moment to read (or reread): the world of It is back in the spotlight with HBO’s new prequel Welcome to Derry (Oct 2025), proof that this story still electrifies pop culture. This Kindle Media Tie-In edition from Scribner (2016) is an easy way to carry the entire saga anywhere.

At a glance: mythic good-vs-evil arc; childhood/adulthood in counterpoint; 27-year cycle; timely resurgence via HBO prequel; Scribner Kindle Media Tie-In edition.