• 11-22-63

  • A Novel
  • By: Stephen King
  • Narrated by: Craig Wasson
  • Length: 30 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (68,196 ratings)

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11-22-63

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Craig Wasson
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On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back?

In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King - who has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation more imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writer - takes listeners on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it.

It begins with Jake Epping, a 35-year-old English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching GED classes. He asks his students to write about an event that changed their lives, and one essay blows him away: a gruesome, harrowing story about the night more than 50 years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a sledgehammer. Reading the essay is a watershed moment for Jake, his life - like Harry’s, like America’s in 1963 - turning on a dime.

Not much later his friend Al, who owns the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to the past, a particular day in 1958. And Al enlists Jake to take over the mission that has become his obsession - to prevent the Kennedy assassination.

So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson, in a different world - of Ike and JFK and Elvis, of big American cars and sock hops and cigarette smoke everywhere. From the dank little city of Derry, Maine (where there’s Dunning business to conduct), to the warmhearted small town of Jodie, Texas, where Jake falls dangerously in love, every turn is leading, eventually of course, to a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and to Dallas, where the past becomes heart-stoppingly suspenseful - and where history might not be history anymore. Time-travel has never been so believable. Or so terrifying.

©2011 Stephen King. All Rights Reserved. (P)2011 Simon & Schuster, Inc

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Editor's Pick: Best of the Decade

A nostalgic trip
"Stephen King’s 11.22.63 is a technicolor romp to the past where the root beer tastes better, cars have more class, and listeners are warned to beware the yellow card man. I was not alive in 1963, but after spending 30+ hours listening to narrator Craig Wasson bring these fictional (and real) characters brilliantly to life, I feel like while I didn’t live there, I’ve at least visited for a long weekend. Blending time travel, history, a little romance, and political intrigue, this is an oddly feel-good tale—odd because it's about assassination and comes from the king of horror. The thing is that King also just happens to be a masterful storyteller whose best work of the decade will warm your heart more than scare the hell out of you." — Tricia F., Audible Editor

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It's all about the narration...

The narrator sells this. I like Stephen King, but I'm not sure if this is a book I would have finished if I had been reading it the old fashioned way (even after finishing The Tommyknockers). I didn't want to stop listening to this. I like the philosophical places King went with the time travel aspect a lot - it will make you re-think whether time travel is a good idea. A definite must-read!

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one of kings best

amazing book. tons of detail. you get lost in the side stories and forget the main storyline, but it all comes together In the end for an amazing finish.

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fantastic!

OMG! this was amazing. I wanted the story to continue, even though I knew it had no where to truly end ❤💕🥰

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Another Great King Book

The overall book was well worth my time and I started listening to it during my commute to work sitting in traffic but I quickly had to purchase the e-book so that I could read at home. I finished this book in 4 days and could not put it down. I really enjoy the narration however, I needed to know what was going to happen next so, I red most of the book instead of listening. I will definitely listen again as the narrator was really good. I gave the story 4 stars instead of 4 because I think the ending could have been a little better. Not saying that it wasn't good, just saying that King could have given more energy to the end as i feel like I was revved up for the whole book then I felt like there was a drop in the intensity. Regardless, I loved the book and if I had to do all over again I would purchase.

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absolutely gripping

about Adele one of my favorite Stephen King novels if not one of my favorite novels. I read this book on a whim bored out of my mind tired I'm listening to music on my alarm commute comfort me during the current pandemic Stephen King writing such a phenomenal novel as you've done time and time again you have entertained me made me laugh and made me think and made me cry

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captivating

I loved it. it was engaging from the beginning to the end. And the narration was expertly done. Many thanks for such delicious entertainment!!!

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Beautiful

The narrator is amazing and it feels like I’m listening to a movie. The story is beautiful and heartbreaking and shocking and made me smile everytime I listened. Stephen king is an artist.

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Fascinating, enthralling, time travel indeed...

Stephen King makes the concept.and potential realities of time travel and history come alive in this amazing historical story that weaves deep intricate character development into a true history of the past mixed almost inextricably with the even deeper imaginations of the authors mind.

The story provides a thorough history lesson, allows the reader to experience life in a bygone era and shares the feeling of how different life and time can feel in big cities and little towns both north and south.

Maybe one of my favorite King books yet. So many hours never felt so short.

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really held my interest. loved it

I don't like scary books so only read King's non horror books. this was great. I was immediately hooked. I couldn't guess how it would end. I was not disappointed!

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The best narrator!

Stephen King never disappoints, but the real star was the narrator. The accents were spot on and each voice had it's own personality.

I was engrossed the whole time.

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