Stephen King: Carrie (USA 2025)

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Stephen King's legendary debut, the bestselling smash hit that put him on the map as one of America's favorite writers
In a world where bullies rule, one girl holds a secret power. Unpopular and tormented, Carrie White's life takes a terrifying turn when her hidden abilities become a weapon of horror.

"Stephen King's first novel changed the trajectory of horror fiction forever. Fifty years later, authors say it's still challenging and guiding the genre." -- Esquire
"A master storyteller." -- The Los Angeles Times
"Guaranteed to chill you." -- The New York Times
"Gory and horrifying... . You can't put it down." -- Chicago Tribune

Unpopular at school and subjected to her mother's religious fanaticism at home, Carrie White does not have it easy. But while she may be picked on by her classmates, she has a gift she's kept secret since she was a little girl: she can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. Her ability has been both a power and a problem. And when she finds herself the recipient of a sudden act of kindness, Carrie feels like she's finally been given a chance to be normal. She hopes that the nightmare of her classmates' vicious taunts is over... but an unexpected and cruel prank turns her gift into a weapon of horror so destructive that the town may never recover.

Stephen King: Carrie. A Novel. Vintage Books, ISBN: 9798217007684 (July, 2025), 336 p., $10.99.

Stephen King: Carrie (UK 2024)

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Now with a stunning new cover look for the 50th Anniversary comes Stephen King's legendary debut.

Carrie White is no ordinary girl.
Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis.

To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie – the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues.

But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her...

Stephen King: Carrie. Carrie White is no ordinary girl. 50th Aniversary Edition. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9781444720693 (April, 2024), 248 p., £9.99.

Stephen King: Carrie (UK 2024)

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A beautiful hardback classic edition of King's first published novel, CARRIE, produced for the fiftieth Anniversary, with a new introduction by Margaret Atwood.

Carrie White is no ordinary girl.
Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis.

To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie – the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues.

But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her...

Stephen King: Carrie. 50th Aniversary Edition. With a New Introduction by Margaret Atwood. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9781399731294 (March, 2024), 248 p., £20.00.

Stephen King: Carrie (UK 2019)

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First came the blood. Then came the power.

Carrie White is no ordinary girl.

Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis.

To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie - the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues.

But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her...

Stephen King's legendary debut, about a teenage outcast and the revenge she enacts on her classmates, is a perennial classic. CARRIE is the novel which set him on the road to the Number One bestselling author King is today.

Stephen King: Carrie. Halloween edition. Hodder Paperbacks, ISBN: 9781529311112 (September, 2019), 272 p., £8.99.

Stephen King: Carrie (UK 2013)

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Carrie may be picked on by her classmates but she has a gift. She can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. This is her power and her problem.

To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie - the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues. Until an unexpected cruelty turns her gift into a weapon of terror and destruction that no one will ever forget.

Stephen King: Carrie. Hodder Paperbacks, ISBN: 9781444778106 (October, 2013), 248 p., £7.99.

Stephen King: Carrie (USA 2013)

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Stephen King's legendary debut, about a teenage outcast and the revenge she enacts on her classmates.
Carrie White may be picked on by her classmates, but she has a gift. She can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. This is her power and her problem. Then, an act of kindness, as spontaneous as the vicious taunts of her classmates, offers Carrie a chance to be a normal... until an unexpected cruelty turns her gift into a weapon of horror and destruction that no one will ever forget...

Stephen King: Carrie. Anchor Books, ISBN: 9781984898104 (September, 2013), 305 p., $16.00.

Stephen King: Carrie (UK 2011)

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An exciting reissue of Stephen King's debut novel about an outcast teenager with a frightening power which put him on the map and set him on his journey as a household name.

Carrie White is no ordinary girl.
Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis.
To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie - the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues.
But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her...

Stephen King: Carrie. Carrie White is an no ordinary girl. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9781444720693 (October, 2011), 248 p., £7.99.

Stephen King: Carrie (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
Stephen King's legendary debut, about a teenage outcast and the revenge she enacts on her classmates.
Carrie White may have been unfashionable and unpopular, but she had a gift. Carrie could make things move by concentrating on them. A candle would fall. A door would lock. This was her power and her sin. Then, an act of kindness, as spontaneous as the vicious taunts of her classmates, offered Carrie a chance to be a normal and go to her senior prom. But another act -- of ferocious cruelty -- turned her gift into a weapon of horror and destruction that her classmates would never forget.

Stephen King: Carrie. Anchor Books, ISBN: 9780307743664 (August, 2011), 290 p., $7.99.

Stephen King: Carrie (UK 2007)

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Carrie White is no ordinary girl. Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis. To be invited to the Prom by Tommy Ross is a dream come true, and a step towards social acceptance by her high school peers. But events take a macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night.

Stephen King: Carrie. Carrie White is an no ordinary girl. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340951419 (May, 2007), 256 p., £7.99.

Stephen King: Carrie (USA 2006)

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A modern classic, CARRIE introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction -- Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge remains one of the most barrier-breaking and shocking novels of all time.

Make a date with terror -- and live the nightmare that is
CARRIE

Stephen King: Carrie. Newly introduced by the author. Pocket Books, ISBN: 1416524304 (January, 2006), 253 p., $5.99.

Stephen King: Carrie (USA 2002)

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In one way or another, everybody abused Carrie. Her fanatical mother forbade this sixteen-year-old misfit everything that was young and fun. She was teased and taunted by her classmates, misunderstood by her teachers, and given up as hopeless by almost everyone.

But Carrie had a secret: she possessed terrifying telekinetic powers that could make inanimate objects move, a lighted candle fall, or a door lock. Carrie could make all kinds of startling bizarre, and malevolent things happen. And so she did one night, when feeling scorned and humiliated...and growing angrier and angrier... she became the vengeful demon who let the whole town feel her power.

Stephen King: Carrie. Newly introduced by the author. Pocket Books, ISBN: 0671039725 (November, 2002), 272 p., $7.99.

Stephen King: Carrie (USA 2000)

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Since the publication of Carrie in 1974, neither misfit Carrie White nor her catastrophic high school prom has been forgotten. That's because the story of Carrie, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge introduced a fresh and distinctive new voice in American fiction -- Stephen King.

Although Carrie first captured America's attention with its shocking climax, it remains as vibrant today as when it was first published because of Stephen King's ability to tap the collective unconscious of our commercial society. He brilliantly underscores the inherent fears and driving forces that fester in adolescence and later manifest themselves in various forms. Whether it's public high school's proclivity for suppressing individualism and creativity, the bigotry of cliques, or male apprehension of women's emerging sexuality and equality, Carrie lays bare our ritualistic, cruel, and base tendencies. Ultimately, we discern that it's not Carrie White but the ineffectual people surrounding her that we truly dread -- which is why Carrie endures as one of Stephen King's most riveting and disturbing novels.

Stephen King: Carrie. Newly introduced by the author. Pocket Books, ISBN: 0671039733 (September, 2000), 193 p., $12.95.