Just After Sunset
by Stephen King
★ Top 25 book of 2008 · #11 on Best Books of 2008
Stephen King's fifth short story collection gathers thirteen tales, including Willa, The Gingerbread Girl, Rest Stop, N. and The Cat From Hell. Other entries include Stationary Bike, Mute, Ayana and A Very Tight Place.
Best for: Readers who like Stephen King in short story form
Just After Sunset is #11 on BookWard's Best Books of 2008, out of 46 2008 books that cleared our data bar.
What Just After Sunset is about
Just After Sunset is Stephen King's fifth collection of short stories, gathering a varied set of tales that find fear in ordinary places: a rest stop, a stationary bike, a graduation afternoon, a tight spot you cannot easily leave. Among them are Willa, The Gingerbread Girl, Harvey's Dream, Ayana and the unsettling N. The collection also brings back The Cat from Hell, an older story from 1977 that had not appeared in a King collection before. King turned to short fiction after being asked to edit The Best American Short Stories 2007, when he had meant to write a novel. The mood is dark and uneasy, and the stories circle around grief, mortality and the way the strange can slip into daily life. They suit readers who like their chills in compact doses.
Just After Sunset on the Best Books of 2008
Just After Sunset came out in 2008. Of the 46 books first published in 2008 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #11 on our Best Books of 2008 list.
Why it made the list: 475 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4 out of 5 (43 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 2008 list
- The Hero of Ages Brandon Sanderson, #9
- Paper Towns John Green, #10
- What Every BODY Is Saying Joe Navarro, #12
- In Defense of Food Michael Pollan, #13
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 397 want to read it, 18 are reading it now and 60 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4 out of 5 from 43 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 78 | 55% |
| Reader love | 43 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 72 | 20% |
Questions about Just After Sunset
When was Just After Sunset published?
Just After Sunset by Stephen King was first published in 2008.
Was Just After Sunset one of the best books of 2008?
Just After Sunset is #11 on BookWard's Best Books of 2008, out of 46 2008 books that cleared our data bar. 475 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4 out of 5 (43 ratings).
Why is Just After Sunset on the Best Books of 2008 list?
475 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4 out of 5 (43 ratings).
More of the best books of 2008
- The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, #1
- End of Days Sylvia Browne, #2
- The Last Straw Jeff Kinney, #3
- Amulet Kazu Kibuishi, #4
- Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, #5
- Michelle Obama in Her Own Words Michelle Obama, #6
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