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    11/22/63: A Novel
    11/22/63: A Novel
    11/22/63: A Novel
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    11/22/63: A Novel

    Written by Stephen King

    Narrated by Craig Wasson

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    One of the Ten Best Books of The New York Times Book Review
    Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
    Now a miniseries from Hulu starring James Franco

    ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963, THREE SHOTS RANG OUT IN DALLAS, PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIED, AND THE WORLD CHANGED. WHAT IF YOU COULD CHANGE IT BACK?

    In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King—who has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation more imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writer—takes readers on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it.

    It begins with Jake Epping, a thirty-five-year-old English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching GED classes. He asks his students to write about an event that changed their lives, and one essay blows him away—a gruesome, harrowing story about the night more than fifty years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a sledgehammer. Reading the essay is a watershed moment for Jake, his life—like Harry’s, like America’s in 1963—turning on a dime. Not much later his friend Al, who owns the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to the past, a particular day in 1958. And Al enlists Jake to take over the mission that has become his obsession—to prevent the Kennedy assassination.

    So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson, in a different world of Ike and JFK and Elvis, of big American cars and sock hops and cigarette smoke everywhere. From the dank little city of Derry, Maine (where there’s Dunning business to conduct), to the warmhearted small town of Jodie, Texas, where Jake falls dangerously in love, every turn is leading eventually, of course, to a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and to Dallas, where the past becomes heart-stoppingly suspenseful, and where history might not be history anymore. Time-travel has never been so believable. Or so terrifying.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateNov 8, 2011
    ISBN9781442344297
    Author

    Stephen King

    Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. 

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    • 4/5
      I will be up front and say I am not a King fan - in fact, this is the first and only King book I've read (gasp!). That said, I really did enjoy this book. The premise of the story - a man going back in time to try and save JFK from the assassin's bullet is very intriguing and the story that King weaves is both wonderfully complex and deeply grounded. I enjoyed following Jake (aka George) on this adventure and by the end I could feel what he felt as the story ended (no spoilers). This is a great time-travel story with harsh consequences that come to light.

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    • 4/5
      I haven't read a Stephen King book in years, but when I saw this one I was very intrigued by the story line. I had forgotten what a masterful story teller Mr. King is. The book is long, but I really enjoyed the contrast between the 1960's and 2011. I thought the ending was well done and I was happily surprised there wasn't too much sci-fi in the time travel parts.

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    • 5/5
      Oh, Mr. King, you are one helluva storyteller. I've always loved time travel novels and this one certainly didn't disappoint. But there was so much more to it than the time travel aspects. I was touched by the love story that is a huge part of the book. And the late 50s/early 60s pop culture references were great fun. I was 11 and in sixth grade at the time of the Kennedy assassination. I still remember how terrified I was during that horrible weekend. There was so much uncertainty. And even though I was young I still felt it. I was afraid to go to sleep at night. I guess I was most afraid that something horrible would happen to me. King has written a powerful and entertaining novel that will certainly make my top five list of favorite books of 2011.

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    • 5/5
      When I finished this book, I felt like screaming a sad "noooooo". Not because I didn't like the ending (I did), but because I was sad it was over. This book is so impressive, it is by far the best book I have read all year. I haven't read any Stephen King books in quite a few years, because I'm too quesy to handle some of his graphic, and ghory, scenes. When I heard about this book coming out, I was so excited that Mr. King was trying historical fiction, I was darn near giddy. The amount of research Mr. King must have done into the events, location, and cultural time of the JFK assassination is staggering. As always, his strong suit is character development, so the story is about so much more than JFK (his part seems small in an 800+ page book). Jake Epping is the main character, and he does the time traveling. Since his 'rabbit hole' time portal takes him back to 1958, he has 5 years to make a life for himself before attempting to save JFK. What happens in these 5 years is the good stuff. Plus, as a MAJOR bonus, and wink to his fans, characters and car make/models from previous King books show up in this book!! When I wasn't working and sleeping, I was reading this book.

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    • 5/5
      I couldn't put this down - every night, I read into the early hours to find out what happened next. Now it's finished I am sad it's all over. Nuff said?

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    • 5/5
      This was one of those few books that I had real trouble letting go. It wasn't until I was a sentence into the afterword and realized that the story had truly ended that a wave of sadness swept over me. I set the book down, looked up at the ceiling and quietly mourned the characters I had come to know so well. I feel like this is an important thing to note, because it's a response I've never had to a Stephen King novel. Sure I've been completely swept away by his work before, most notably The Shining, but those stories I enjoyed more for the gimmick they each offered. When I say gimmick, I don't mean cheap. I simply mean that there were certain aspects of the story that were the true drawing point for me. Honestly, that was the case at the beginning for this book too. A man stumbles upon time-travel, and decides to try and stop Kennedy from being assassinated. That itself is a great gimmick for a story. I never thought for a second that I would end up caring more about the characters' side stories throughout the book more than the actual promised plot point. I truly believe that this is Stephen King's best novel. I don't know whether or not anyone will agree with me, but this is the one I will look back on with the fondest memories.

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    • 5/5
      I've always thought that "The Stand" was far and away Stephen King's best novel. 11/22/63 may be better. It's amazingly compelling. Usually it would take me a couple of weeks or more to read a 849 page novel what with a full time job and family responsiblities, but I buzzed through this one in 4 days. I've read a fair number of time travel novels, so I was surprised that this one came up with some new wrinkles on the genre even though it's dealing with a perhaps overdone idea, i.e. someone traveling back in time in an attempt to save John F. Kennedy.

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    • 4/5
      HOLY COW! What a book. This one was a monster of a book to get through. Perhaps, I should not have started it a week or so before Christmas. I found myself reading when I did not have time to read.

      It is good, really good, actually. It is not 'scarey' but there are a few places where the hair on the back of my neck would stand on end. The entire book is about the JFK assasination and what would happen if someone could find a way to stop it. How would that change the world as we know it today. Is there some things in the book that you would simply say "This could not/would not happen"? Maybe, maybe not. I recommend this book to just about anyone that doesn't mind investing their time in a big book. Because it is soooooo big that is the only reason that it is not getting a 5 star rating from me. King likes to draw his stories out and he does it so well.

      Get this one, read it and enjoy!

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    • 5/5
      For a King fan, there's nothing more comfortable than slipping back into the role of Constant Reader. One isn't let down with this journey through the past, both of history, and of Derry, where we glimpse old friends and shiver as we pass cautiously by The Barrens. There's a barely disguised echo, a harmony, perhaps, of a jump roping trio in Dallas whom turn out quite benign instead of "the little bald doctors" we meet in another story of Derry, and one might say that there is a brush with "19" in this book, as well. While it's true that there are some aspects of the story that are daunting, sheer size being one, a die hard King fan will turn each page with absolute rapt pleasure and relish the unexpected punch in the gut that is ever present in King's stories.

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    • 5/5
      Best Stephen King book I've ever read, other than "On Writing."

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    • 5/5
      The Good Stuff Honest to god this is a truly spectacular book and I will not hesitate to say it is one of his best - Up there with The Stand and Rita Hayworth & the Shawshank Redemption (Two of my favorite stories of all time) I wish I was more eloquent to express my love for this novel (You are now forgiven for Pet Semetary Mr King) This is one that even if you hate King, you will enjoy Heartbreaking, beautiful and honest - Jake is an exceptional character that I would be honored to have as a friend. The sacrifice this man makes is truly heartbreaking, I cried my eyes out Two secondary characters that are Librarians and they are feisty, strong and decent -- I want to hug you for this (Loved the part on Catcher in the Rye) Exceptional character development and an engrossing mesmerizing plot Even-though the story could have benefited from some stronger editing, Kings trademark and self described "Diarhea of the word processor" wasn't as frustrating to get through as in many of his works (hope that makes sense, couldn't figure out how to explain this) His attention to detail and describing the smaller moments of life, actually really works with this story Lovely moral lesson (Just because you can change the past, doesn't mean you should) The Past does not want to change and everything happens for a reason Sadie and Mimi rock -- ok, they are both Librarians - what do you expect As a King fan I geeked out to all the references from previous books (tons of references to Derry) Lovely nostalgic feeling at the same time reminding us that the 50/60's were far from perfect, especially if you were a women or black Go Buy the book - you will thank me - When King is at his best, he is a brilliant storyteller - and he is at his best here No really icky graphic descriptions (Which is one thing I never liked about King, I don't like the ick) The last quarter of the book is non stop action with an exceptional ending -- which is not something King normally does not do well (Don't get me started on The Tommyknockers) Lots of quirky secondary characters Thoroughly researched No evil pets or babies (Yup stopped reading King for 15 yrs because of Pet Semetary) The part about Maine becoming part of Canada made me giggleThe Not So Good Stuff Stephen, you know I love and respect you (Remember I drove through Bangor, Maine just to take a pic of your house & go to Baka bookstore and not bother you at all) but editing would take this book from Fantastic to utterly brilliant Book was so heavy my little girly wrists hurt while reading (Damn, this would have been a good one for the Kobo)Favorite Quotes/Passages"If I ever gave you the idea that 1958's all Andy-n-Opie, remember the path, okay? The one lined with poison ivy. And the board over the stream.""She was one of those faculty members the kids remember long after graduation, and sometimes come back to visit when they are no longer kids. The kind who sometimes shows up in a troubled student's life at a critical moment and makes a critical difference.""Life is too sweet to give up without a fight, don't you think?"Who Should/Shouldn't Read Fans of King will love, love, love Even if you are not a King fan, you WILL enjoy this book Although I'm pretty sure most school boards will balk at this, I think this would be an excellent novel to discuss as part of an English course Hopefully my nephew will like it, since I bought a copy not knowing that I was getting a copy to review (If he doesn't like it I'm making him give it back to me and will give it as a prize next year)4.5 Dewey'sI received this from Simon and Schuster in exchange for an honest review (Cannot thank you enough for this one, I squeed when I got it in the mail)

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    • 4/5
      I had not read a Stephen King book in quite some. I forgot how much I enjoy his novels! This was classic King in the way he gets inside a character and explores his fears and dreams. The back drop of time travel and history was right in my wheel house. While there were some points where I thought it dragged just a bit, overall this was a fun read and made me want to read more of King in the near future.

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    • 5/5
      Whew! While I slogged through the first 200 pages over several days, I thought to myself, "I'll never finish this book." Last night when I finally tore myself away from it, I had 200 pages remaining.I haven't read a lot of Stephen King. I'm not a fan of horror. I can't remember if I read the entire book (of short stories), Hearts in Atlantis, but I did particularly enjoy "Low Men in Yellow Coats" (the actual story content of the movie--never did understand that naming). But this is a great book.* (He notes in the afterword that he started the project in 1972, just six years after the Kennedy assassination.) I am really glad I made time to read it.Go! Go get it and start it now!*For those to whom it would matter, there are parts which are sexually and violently graphic.

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    • 5/5
      This book really grabbed me! Stephen King once again tells a fabulous story about a man who has found a route back in time--to a very specific time--which gives him the opportunity to change a watershed moment in history. This is the story of the path taken--and the unexpected consequences.While I've always loved time travels in all their guises, this story was a particularly fabulous take on time travel and its consequences. I would highly recommend this story to anyone--this is not the Stephen King of horror fame, but rather the Stephen King who tells a damn fine story.

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    • 4/5
      "11/22/63" was magnificent (spoilers ahead!). Jake Epping is a recently divorced teacher in a small town in Maine. He's a nice guy, so when a local diner owner named Al asks him for a favor, Jake obliges. Turns out there is a hole, a bubble, in the pantry of Al's diner that allows him to travel back in time to September of 1958. Al has been doing this for years, going back to the same day in September, hanging around 1958 for a bit, buying ground beef at cut rate prices and returning to the present day only minutes after he left, no matter how long he stays in 1958. It seems as if the past resets every time he goes back through the hole. Al had the idea of going back and sticking around until 1963, and stopping Lee Harvey Oswald from killing President Kennedy. Unfortunately, Al gets very sick and is forced to return to 2011 before he gets the chance to take Oswald out, or even determine to his satisfaction that Oswald was working alone. He asks Jake to do it, and Jake agrees. Well, the past doesn't like to be messed with, and for very good reasons, and fights back against change, which Jake learns the hard way. Saving Kennedy really wasn't the focus of the book, although it was an interesting plot line. For some reason a lot of people in King's generation idolize Kennedy and seem to think if only he had lived, the world wouldn't be as messed up as it is. I highly doubt that. I'm far removed from the myth of Camelot, so it doesn't enchant me the same way it does the older folks. The very best part - Jake goes to Derry, Maine in September of 1958, right after the summer of "IT" and sees Richie and Bev!! That had to be the best part, I love those kids. "11/22/63" is right up there with "IT", "The Stand", and "Christine", in my book.

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    • 5/5
      This is the book Stephen King was born to write! It is not typical Stephen King fare, not something that fits in the horror genre. This is actually a love story above all else. (And no, I don't mean tawdry romance novel!)This s a story of Jake Epping, divorced high school teacher. The owner of a local hamburger joint tells Jake about a portal to 1958, and asks Jake to go back and save President Kennedy. Since the time portal only goes to 1958, Jake would have to live back there for 5 years to accomplish this goal. While this is the premise of the story, it is NOT the story. It is the journey he takes during those five years that keep the reader engrossed in the story. King is a marvelous story teller, and this book highlights that ability wonderfully. The people he meets in his day-to-day life and the situations in which he finds himself are the real story here. I can't recommend this book highly enough!

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    • 5/5
      Not a typical Stephen King concept. I like the typical Stephen King, but I like this, as well. Very well written... some unusual twists, and combinations of twists, on an old idea.

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    • 5/5
      Time travel and it's impact according to Steven King!

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    • 5/5
      Audiobook.........This novel is a great example of Stephen King at his best. The story's central notion is how each breath we take is part of the eternal wave of time. How many of us have played the ever dangerous game of "what if?". What if I hadn't gone to Coe College, hadn't met my husband there, then wouldn't have these four amazing children? Or even, what if I go to the dry cleaner's today versus tomorrow? In this case, what if JFK was not assassinated on 11/22/63? How many unanticipated changes would be wrought in the history of life on earth by changing one moment in time? Are you intrigued yet? The story had me completely engaged from the beginning. So many questions are raised and left unanswered, thoughts are provoked, and characters are memorable. A really great read!

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    • 4/5
      My first Stephen King novel. He is an accomplished storyteller and this book is really a page turner. There were very clever aspects to this time travel novel that go far beyond the butterfly effect.

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    • 3/5
      Some of it was really good and some a struggle to get through. Mostly 849pgs of meh

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    • 5/5
      I read this last weekend and couldn't put it down. Not the usual King horror plot. Definitely goes in the Sfi-Fi/Fantasy column. It has similarities to Bradbury's "Sound of Thunder", and King even makes the comparison as part of the story. In typical King fashion, we see a few characters we've met before. Jake/George has a feeling of comfort when meeting these characters and thinks of them fondly afterward. I might have to re-read IT to say hello to these characters again.Not sure how this will sit with the JFK generation. I am familiar with the major bullet points of JFK, but none of the finer details. Someone who experienced JFK first hand may poke a few holes in the story, but after all, it's just a story.If you are a King fan and born after 1963, you will enjoy this. Definitely in the top 10 King works.

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    • 4/5
      A little long and it has the usual inconsistencies involved in any time-travel story (bringing things back and forth, for example) but a good read! A few Stephen King-style horror touches early on and there are suspenseful parts, but this is not a scary book. Heard him speak recently, and he said if anyone starts to think nostalgically about the fifties and early sixties while reading, just remember the passage about the sign for the "colored" bathroom in a Southern state that pointed to a poison ivy-infested path to a board with a hole in it balanced over a creek.

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    • 5/5
      This was a terrific read. The year isn't over yet, but so far this goes down as my favorite book of the year. I hadn't read a novel by King in quite a few years, but I am certainly glad I read this one. This is a story about a man who has travelled back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination in Dallas. There are many small stories within the large story, and we get a close look at Lee Harvey Oswald and his family and associates, and an eyeful of Dallas and environs in the early 60's. But the real heart of the story is a love story. The past can be changed. But it doesn't want to be changed. And when you try it fights back hard and dirty. King gives us a lot of foreshadowing of events, and part of the fun in reading the novel is trying to guess where the story is going to go. He'll dangle something before you so long that you get used to it, almost fade it into the background as a red herring, and then WHAMMO. This is some great storytelling. And dancing is life.

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    • 5/5
      I loved this book, great story.

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    • 5/5
      As a modern American historian, I was so impressed with the research that was done to maintain historical accuracy of many subtle aspects of this novel showed me a great deal of effort, and was impressed with the story. Fiction kept me engaged, and I agree with the author that Oswald acted alone, whether I like it or not..
    • 5/5
      Incredible. Singular work, even for King. If it feels like escapism at first, rest assured there's a deeper sobriety behind it.
    • 5/5
      I’ve been reading King for 30 years. This might be his best ever
    • 5/5
      My first Stephen King. This audio book version made it more interesting!
    • 4/5
      I had heard so much about this book that I just had to get a copy. I am not a fan of horror and so if Stephen King wrote it, I am not typically drawn to his publications. But this book isn?t horror at all. It?s a departure for King?s writing style (he says so himself in interviews) and has appealed to all sorts of readers, some who don?t share favored genres.There is time travel and that was a hook for me. The star of the book is Jake Epping. He is a high school English teacher living in Lisbon Falls Maine. While working as a GED instructor he reads an essay that changes his entire life. Harry Dunning is a janitor at the school and signed up for Jake?s class to earn his diploma. Harry has a gimp leg and isn?t the sharpest knife in the drawer but the reason for his impairment is explained in the essay ? it?s about a day that changed their lives.The story is about Harry?s father and how he took a hammer to his wife and kids one drunken evening, killing them all but Harry. He tried to kill Harry too but only managed to get in a few swings, ruining Harry?s leg as the child tried to get under the bed. What an astounding essay.The happy part of the story is Harry received his GED and became friends with Jake. They celebrated with a Fatburger at Al?s diner. Now fast forward 2 years and it?s 2011. Al asks Jake to stop by the diner for a chat. They weren?t close friends so Jake is curious as to what Al wants. Jake is shocked that Al has seemingly aged years in a short time. His hair is white, he?s lost weight and has cancer. How is this possible?Al explains his appearance is attributable to his having time traveled and lived for years in the past. There is a time portal or wormhole and you can step through and transport to the year 1958. All this is revealed within the first few chapters so I am not giving out spoilers. One thing I must add is that no matter how long you stay in the past ( 10 minutes or 10 years) only 2 minutes elapse in your time period. Mind blowing!Rather than hash out the story as it?s been in countless reviews I will just say it was a page turner. Ok, there was a period where Jake had a slow time and it was a little slow for me too. But overall ? I liked this book quite a bit. Imagine having the ability to go back and change historical events. Prevent JFK from being assassinated or keep a horrific event from coming true on a personal level. The people you meet and your every action would change history. Sometimes for the best and sometimes hardly any change would happen?..but what about that Butterfly Effect? What would happen is JFK lived?Here is a snap of one passage of the book. It echos a sentiment I have often expressed. Yes, I love my blogs and I enjoy writing and all the modern conveniences of cell phones and computers??..but how my life would be simplified without any of it.(Photo may be seen on my blog)Besides the historical portions of this book we have the interactions of Jake with a small community of folks in Jodie Texas. How might he change their lives if dropped into 1960 something from 2011?Not much food mentioned in this book but there was the Fatburger and milkshakes, There was also mention of pound cake. If you have read this book you will completely get the reference but if not?.I can tell you if you aren?t going to read it? Email me