Fans love this novel by Stephen King, but while it was optioned for TV in 2018, it would make a perfect movie.

Joyland. Stephen King Hard Case Crime: 288 pp., $12.95 paper. More to Read . The 30 best fiction books of the last 30 years. April 14, 2025. The 30 best nonfiction books of the last 30 years.

Stephen King's new book, "Joyland" tells the story of a carney serial killer, but reads like a coming of age novel. The subtle fears of everyday life overpower any supernatural horror hiding in a ...

rc-Reviewer signed off 6/2/dd“Joyland” is the second√ paperback original that Stephen King has released with Hard Case Crime, a small publisher specializing in new and vintage crime fiction ...

Joyland (2013) Stephen King’s second novel for Hard Case Crime . One of the best things about being a Stephen King reader is that there is so much variety to his work that things are always ...

Joyland is one of Stephen King’s best ghost stories, which follows summer carnival employee Devin and his strange experiences at his place of work.

When it comes to Stephen King, I’m partial to the smaller efforts: novellas, short novels, experiments, the quieter, more interior stuff. It’s not that I don’t like his big books ...