Carrie (novel)

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Carrie
Author	Stephen King
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Horror epistolary novel
Publisher	Doubleday
Release date	April 5, 1974
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	199
ISBN	0-385-08695-4
Prequel to	’Salem’s Lot

Carrie is a novel by Stephen King. It came out in 1974 and was his first published novel, although the fourth he had actually written. In the book, Carrie is a shy 17 year old girl with psychic powers. She uses these telekenetic powers to get back at classmates who have bullied her.

Carrie was made into a popular movie in 1976, starring Sissy Spacek.

v t e Works of Stephen King

Novels	Carrie (1974) • 'Salem's Lot (1975) • The Shining (1977) • The Stand (1978) • The Dead Zone (1979) • Firestarter (1980) • Cujo (1981) • Christine (1983) • Pet Sematary (1983) • Cycle of the Werewolf (1983) • The Talisman (1984; with Peter Straub) • It (1986) • The Eyes of the Dragon (1987) • Misery (1987) • The Tommyknockers (1987) • The Dark Half (1989) • Needful Things (1991) • Gerald's Game (1992) • Dolores Claiborne (1992) • Insomnia (1994) • Rose Madder (1995) • The Green Mile (1996) • Desperation (1996) • Bag of Bones (1998) • The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999) • Dreamcatcher (2001) • Black House (2001; with Peter Straub) • From a Buick 8 (2002) • The Colorado Kid (2005) • Cell (2006) • Lisey's Story (2006) • Duma Key (2008) • Under the Dome (2009) • Blockade Billy (2010) • 11/22/63 (2011) • Dr. Sleep (201X)

The Dark Tower series	The Gunslinger (1982) • The Drawing of the Three (1987) • The Waste Lands (1991) • Wizard and Glass (1997) • Wolves of the Calla (2003) • Song of Susannah (2004) • The Dark Tower (2004) • The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)

Richard Bachman novels	Rage (1977) • The Long Walk (1979) • Roadwork (1981) • The Running Man (1982) • Thinner (1984) • The Bachman Books (1985) • The Regulators (1996) • Blaze (2007)

Short fiction collections	Night Shift (1978) • Different Seasons (1982) • Skeleton Crew (1985) • Four Past Midnight (1990) • Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993) • Hearts in Atlantis (1999) • Everything's Eventual (2002) • Just After Sunset (2008) • Full Dark, No Stars (2010)

Non-fiction	Danse Macabre (1981) • Nightmares in the Sky (1988) • On Writing (2000) • Secret Windows (2000) • Faithful (2004; with Stewart O'Nan)

E-books	Riding the Bullet (2000) • The Plant (2000; unfinished) • Ur (2009) • Mile 81 (2011)

Screenplays	Creepshow (1982) • Cat's Eye (1985) • Silver Bullet (1985) • Maximum Overdrive (1986; also director) • Pet Sematary (1989) • Sleepwalkers (1992) • Cell (2012)

Teleplays	Sorry, Right Number (1988) • Golden Years (1991) • The Stand (1994) • The Shining (1997) • "Chinga" (1998; with Chris Carter) • Storm of the Century (1999) • Rose Red (2002) • Kingdom Hospital (2004) • Desperation (2006)

Collaborations with musicians	Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1997; with Michael Jackson) • Black Ribbons (2010; with Shooter Jennings) • Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2012; with John Mellencamp)

Graphic novels	Creepshow (1982) • The Dark Tower (2007) • The Stand (2008) • The Talisman (2009) • American Vampire (2010) • N. (2010) • Road Rage (2012)

Related articles	Unpublished and uncollected works by Stephen King • Media based on Stephen King works • Books about Stephen King • Tabitha King • Naomi King • Joe Hill • Owen King • Peter Straub • Rock Bottom Remainders • Dollar Baby • Jerusalem's Lot • Castle Rock, Maine • Derry, Maine • The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red

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