Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales
by Stephen King
★ Top 5 book of 2002 · #5 on Best Books of 2002
This collection gathers fourteen dark tales, including Autopsy Room Four, The Man in the Black Suit, 1408, Riding the Bullet and the title story. It offers a varied sampler of short fiction from a famed storyteller.
Best for: Readers who prefer dark short stories over a single long novel
Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales is #5 on BookWard's Best Books of 2002, out of 32 2002 books that cleared our data bar.
What Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales is about
Fourteen stories make up this collection, and most of them begin the same way: with an ordinary moment that slips off its hinges. Stephen King moves between the supernatural and the plainly human here.
Among the tales are 'Autopsy Room Four', 'The Man in the Black Suit', '1408', 'Riding the Bullet' and the title story, 'Everything's Eventual'. 'The Little Sisters of Eluria' and 'Lunch at the Gotham Cafe' sit alongside them, so the mood shifts from one story to the next. The tone is dark, suspenseful and eerie throughout. It suits readers who like their fear delivered in short, sharp doses, and anyone who wants a way into King's work without committing to a long novel.
Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales on the Best Books of 2002
Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales came out in 2002. Of the 32 books first published in 2002 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #5 on our Best Books of 2002 list.
Why it made the list: 447 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.9 out of 5 (26 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 2002 list
- Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, #3
- Why Does He Do That? Lundy Bancroft, #4
- Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang, #6
- 2Nd Chance James Patterson, #7
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 364 want to read it, 13 are reading it now and 70 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.9 out of 5 from 26 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 94 | 55% |
| Reader love | 44 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 66 | 20% |
Questions about Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales
When was Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales published?
Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King was first published in 2002.
Was Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales one of the best books of 2002?
Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales is #5 on BookWard's Best Books of 2002, out of 32 2002 books that cleared our data bar. 447 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.9 out of 5 (26 ratings).
Why is Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales on the Best Books of 2002 list?
447 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.9 out of 5 (26 ratings).
More of the best books of 2002
- Romancing Mister Bridgerton Julia Quinn, #1
- Coraline Neil Gaiman, #2
- Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, #3
- Why Does He Do That? Lundy Bancroft, #4
- Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang, #6
- 2Nd Chance James Patterson, #7
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