Nightmares & Dreamscapes
by Stephen King
★ Top 25 book of 1993 · #13 on Best Books of 1993
Stephen King's third story collection gathers macabre tales, good-versus-evil explorations, pastiches of Chandler and Conan Doyle, a teleplay, and a Little League essay. Expect dark, vivid stories that may cost you some sleep.
Best for: Horror fans who want a varied collection of dark, monstrous stories
Nightmares & Dreamscapes is #13 on BookWard's Best Books of 1993, out of 36 1993 books that cleared our data bar.
What Nightmares & Dreamscapes is about
A collection of Stephen King stories from 1993, his third after Night Shift and Skeleton Crew. The tales lean toward the strange and unsettling: a lone finger creeping up from a drain, joke-shop teeth that develop an appetite, a desert that swallows a car whole, and dead flies gathering on a pair of old sneakers. The legend of Castle Rock makes a return.
Variety is part of the draw. There are playful imitations of Raymond Chandler and Arthur Conan Doyle, a teleplay, and a nonfiction essay on Little League baseball that first ran in The New Yorker. Several pieces were new to print here. It suits readers who like their dread served in short, shifting doses, with a streak of dark humor.
Nightmares & Dreamscapes on the Best Books of 1993
Nightmares & Dreamscapes came out in 1993. Of the 36 books first published in 1993 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #13 on our Best Books of 1993 list.
Why it made the list: 295 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (20 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 1993 list
- Voice in the Wind Francine Rivers, #11
- The Fires of Heaven Robert Jordan, #12
- Let Me Hear Your Voice Catherine Maurice, #14
- Ageless Body, Timeless Mind Deepak Chopra, #15
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 224 want to read it, 6 are reading it now and 65 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.8 out of 5 from 20 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 81 | 55% |
| Reader love | 22 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 25 | 20% |
Questions about Nightmares & Dreamscapes
When was Nightmares & Dreamscapes published?
Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Stephen King was first published in 1993.
Was Nightmares & Dreamscapes one of the best books of 1993?
Nightmares & Dreamscapes is #13 on BookWard's Best Books of 1993, out of 36 1993 books that cleared our data bar. 295 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (20 ratings).
Why is Nightmares & Dreamscapes on the Best Books of 1993 list?
295 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (20 ratings).
More of the best books of 1993
- The Giver Lois Lowry, #1
- The Scam Debashis Basu, #2
- Along Came a Spider James Patterson, #3
- A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth, #4
- Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen, #5
- Understanding Comics Scott McCloud, #6
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How we know
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