New York Times Bestseller
This New York Times Bestseller blends murder mystery, supernatural suspense, and coming-of-age tenderness against the backdrop of a 1973 amusement park. Stephen King delivers a haunting summer tale where a college carny confronts an unsolved crime, a dying boy’s wisdom, and ghosts both literal and emotional.
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Set against the sun-bleached backdrop of a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, this New York Times Bestseller from master storyteller Stephen King delivers a haunting coming-of-age tale that lingers long after the final page.
College student Devin Jones takes a summer job as a carny at Joyland, seeking escape and adventure. What he finds instead is something far more profound: the chilling legacy of an unsolved murder that still haunts the park’s funhouse, a terminally ill boy whose wisdom defies his years, and a mysterious woman whose presence seems to bridge the worlds of the living and the dead.
This is King at his most tender and suspenseful, weaving together crime, mystery, and the supernatural into a story that feels like discovering a worn paperback on a dusty shelf—the kind you can’t put down. The novel captures that bittersweet moment when youth collides with mortality, when summer jobs become life-altering experiences, and when the ghosts we encounter aren’t always the ones we expect.
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Originally published through Hard Case Crime in homage to the beloved paperbacks King grew up reading, Joyland is a love letter to both the genre and to that transformative summer that changes everything. It’s Stephen King doing what he does best—telling a story that’s equal parts mystery, ghost story, and deeply human drama.
A whodunit, a haunted house story, and a bittersweet coming-of-age tale, all in one.
Joyland is a beautifully written, powerful novel.
A tender coming-of-age story... King's voice is as clear as ever.
Stephen King owns this particular piece of the literary landscape... Joyland is King in peak form.
A moving tale that's both wistful and clear-eyed about the heartbreak of growing up.
Vintage King... a meditation on life, love and loss.
A wistful elegy to youth and first love.
King has written a love letter to the innocent pleasures and profound discoveries of youth.
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| Dimensions | 4.10 × 0.77 × 6.70 in |
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