Dreamcatcher
by Stephen King
★ Top 25 book of 2001 · #13 on Best Books of 2001
Stephen King's 2001 novel blends science fiction with horror, mixing suspense, body horror, and an alien invasion. It is a genre-bending chiller from a famous American author, aimed at readers who like their scares strange and unsettling.
Best for: Readers who enjoy alien invasion stories mixed with suspense and body horror
Dreamcatcher is #13 on BookWard's Best Books of 2001, out of 35 2001 books that cleared our data bar.
What Dreamcatcher is about
Four lifelong friends, Jonesy, Pete, Beaver and Henry, head out each year to a hunting lodge called Hole-in-the-Wall, near the fictional town of Derry, Maine. Their bond goes back to their early teens, when they stood up to some cruel bullies on behalf of Duddits, an older boy with Down syndrome. Knowing him left them with unusual gifts, including telepathy and shared dreaming.
This year's trip turns strange when the friends find themselves caught between an alien invasion and Abraham Kurtz, a deranged retired Air Force colonel. A reddish fungus and a presence called Mr. Gray bring the threat close to home, in the body and the mind. Stephen King wrote it in longhand while recovering from a 1999 car crash, and it mixes body horror and suspense. It will appeal to readers who like King's small-town friendships set against something much larger and nastier.
Dreamcatcher on the Best Books of 2001
Dreamcatcher came out in 2001. Of the 35 books first published in 2001 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #13 on our Best Books of 2001 list.
Why it made the list: 418 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.4 out of 5 (37 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2001 list
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them J. K. Rowling, #11
- No More Mr. Nice Guy Robert A. Glover, #12
- Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman Dav Pilkey, #14
- The Noonday Demon Andrew Solomon, #15
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 316 want to read it, 16 are reading it now and 86 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.4 out of 5 from 37 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 77 | 55% |
| Reader love | 9 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 69 | 20% |
Questions about Dreamcatcher
When was Dreamcatcher published?
Dreamcatcher by Stephen King was first published in 2001.
Was Dreamcatcher one of the best books of 2001?
Dreamcatcher is #13 on BookWard's Best Books of 2001, out of 35 2001 books that cleared our data bar. 418 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.4 out of 5 (37 ratings).
Why is Dreamcatcher on the Best Books of 2001 list?
418 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.4 out of 5 (37 ratings).
More of the best books of 2001
- American Gods Neil Gaiman, #1
- Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time Brian Tracy, #2
- Crucial Conversations Kerry Patterson, #3
- Point Blanc Anthony Horowitz, #4
- Getting Things Done David Allen, #5
- Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, #6
See the full Best Books of 2001, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
This page uses public data: Open Library reader counts and ratings, and Wikipedia page views for recent years. The description is paraphrased from real source text. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales, and can be affected by data gaps. Lists update monthly.
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