Lisey's Story
by Stephen King
★ Top 25 book of 2006 · #17 on Best Books of 2006
Two years after her novelist husband Scott died, Lisey Landon starts clearing out his office and refuses to sell his unpublished papers. A threatening man who calls himself Zack McCool begins stalking her, while buried memories from her marriage may hold clues to survival.
Best for: Readers who enjoy suspense about a widow, buried memories, and a stalker
Lisey's Story is #17 on BookWard's Best Books of 2006, out of 46 2006 books that cleared our data bar.
What Lisey's Story is about
Lisey Landon is the widow of Scott Landon, a hugely successful novelist, and two years after his death she is still sorting through his writing space. Academics keep asking for his unpublished work, and then a man calling himself Zack McCool threatens to hurt her unless she hands Scott's papers over to a professor. Her fragile sister Amanda helps her search, but the strain proves too much for her.
The novel moves between Lisey's present and her memories of life with Scott, a man from a family marked by mental illness who could reach a place he called Boo'ya Moon. As she pushes on, Lisey finds a strength she did not know she had and starts to recall events from her marriage that she had buried. King has called it his favorite of his own books, and it won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. It suits readers who want a quieter, more personal kind of horror about grief, memory and love.
Lisey's Story on the Best Books of 2006
Lisey's Story came out in 2006. Of the 46 books first published in 2006 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #17 on our Best Books of 2006 list.
Why it made the list: 485 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (24 ratings); 25 are reading it right now. 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 2006 list
- Sharp Objects Gillian Flynn, #15
- Fablehaven Brandon Mull, #16
- Omnivore's Dilemma. a Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan, #18
- Aloha-Ha-Ha! Barbara Park, #19
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 408 want to read it, 25 are reading it now and 49 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.8 out of 5 from 24 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 74 | 55% |
| Reader love | 26 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 72 | 20% |
Questions about Lisey's Story
When was Lisey's Story published?
Lisey's Story by Stephen King was first published in 2006.
Was Lisey's Story one of the best books of 2006?
Lisey's Story is #17 on BookWard's Best Books of 2006, out of 46 2006 books that cleared our data bar. 485 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (24 ratings); 25 are reading it right now.
Why is Lisey's Story on the Best Books of 2006 list?
485 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (24 ratings); 25 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2006
- The Sea of Monsters Rick Riordan, #1
- The Book Thief Markus Zusak, #2
- Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, #3
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne, #4
- The Secret Rhonda Byrne, #5
- Mindset Carol S. Dweck, #6
See the full Best Books of 2006, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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