What if you could go back in time and change the course of history? What if the watershed moment you could change was the JFK assassination? 11.22.63, the date that Kennedy was shot - unless....

King takes his protagonist Jake Epping, a high school English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, 2011, on a fascinating journey back to 1958 - from a world of mobile phones and iPods to a new world of Elvis and JFK, of Plymouth Fury cars and Lindy Hopping, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake's life - a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.

With extraordinary imaginative power, King weaves the social, political and popular culture of his baby-boom American generation into a devastating exercise in escalating suspense.

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30 hours and 38 minutes
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Stephen King
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Craig Wasson
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8 November 2011
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English
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Hodder & Stoughton
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B01MRNUMJX
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	30 hours and 38 minutes
Author	Stephen King
Narrator	Craig Wasson
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	08 November 2011
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01MRNUMJX
Best Sellers Rank	1,687 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 8 in Alternate History Science Fiction 11 in Time Travel Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 16 in Time Travel Fiction

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Autoluminescent

Not my favourite King novel

Reviewed in Australia on 24 July 2021

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I’m a long time Stephen King fan, from way back when, but I’ve got a feeling I’m in a minority with this book...
I started off well enough but I’m about 45% through and I honestly couldn’t be bothered if I finished it.
I will finish it, for sure, but it hasn’t excited me at all.
I chose this title as I was treating myself to a full-price King I hadn’t read, and this one seems to be so highly recommended.
Everyone’s different...You might love it!

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Travelmel

Fantastic book

Reviewed in Australia on 30 June 2018

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A great take on time travel and quite a change for Stephen King. Although I'm giving it 5 stars, there's a couple of elements I had issues with - one was the copious amount of detail about the assassination. Probably Americans will be fine with it as it's part of that country's history but it was a bit heavy for a non-American. Another is the supernatural character - he's just not needed and detracted just a little from a really great book.
But it's still a Stephen King classic and there's no one else that really comes close.

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Jess Williams

I really enjoyed this - it kept you hooked until the end ...

Reviewed in Australia on 15 January 2018

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I really enjoyed this - it kept you hooked until the end and didn't leave you with any loose ends. Jake/George faces moral dilemmas that you find yourself heavily invested in, and the characters are the kind who stay with you after the book is finished. One of Stephen Kings' most enjoyable!

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Koalakool

loved Stephen Kings view on the Kennedy Assassination

Reviewed in Australia on 23 November 2014

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Very enjoyable, loved Stephen Kings view on the Kennedy Assassination, you can see that he really studied the subject material. I also like how he delved into Oswalds life, we got to meet the man behind the killer. I also loved his main character Jake/George, he was a very real character, and Sadie too! Stephen King has a knack of dragging you into his book and keeping you addicted until the very last page.

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Greg Lomas

A really good book

Reviewed in Australia on 6 April 2021

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I got right into the story, the minute the main character walked into the time rabbit hole and we were transported back in time with him.
I really enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone.

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PR Clements

Well researched plausible scenario (given time travel)

Reviewed in Australia on 4 September 2018

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This story had me thinking about it during all hours. A well worked out plot and plausible scenario with a twist finale. an unusual take on time travel with some of the rarely thought of consequences. Certainly kept me reading till the end.

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Irene Wallace

Stephen King book

Reviewed in Australia on 19 December 2021

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I haven't read this yet but I'm sure I'll enjoy as all of Stephen Kings books are awesome!

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Rae Morris

I found this book very interesting. I naturally already ...

Reviewed in Australia on 30 July 2018

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I found this book very interesting. I naturally already knew some of the facts and "The what if" was fascinating.

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Cameo Roll

Bloated but Unbowed!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2017

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Sorry to say, the worst enemy of Stephen King is - Stephen King! He is a hugely accomplished writer and story teller - as we all know - but his literary genius allows him a luxury which can sometimes be his undoing.

The work of any lesser author would be scrutinised at length by the Publisher and almost certainly reined back to a more concise and action-flowing narrative. However because Stephen is "the ultimate", his work cannot (or will not be subject to critical analysis before being published) and the result can be a bloated and overblown exercise in writing for writing sake. No-one can deny that he is able to write/create on a stupendous level with incredible skill, but when this genius is used to pad out what would otherwise be a very exciting and pacey thriller, it lapses into pure self indulgence. In other words because he can do it doesn't mean that he has to!

The beginning of the book is intriguing and gripping, and the end of it is also quite mind boggling, but the middle is a gigantic 50s and 60s pastiche like a monstrous cloying cream cake of everything that SK can pack in about life at those times - dancing, music, sport, politics, and more dancing -
most of which is completely irrelevant to the plot. I struggled to the end - part of which is quite reminiscent of the Back to the Future plots - and just wished SK had cut about 250 - 300 pages out of the middle of his book. Like a surgeon removing an unused and unnecessary appendix.

Why can't he take a tip from his younger self and return to the non stop action and intrigue of his earlier stories? Go away Stephen King - and come back Stephen King!

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Chanatkins

A long journey to become totally immersed in.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2018

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I agree with a lot of the reviews here that state the book could be shorter. Of course it could be shorter and as a result would be faster paced. But you could say that about all of Kings novels, couldn't you? And to me, if you don't like long books, why pick up a Stephen King in the first place? As books are getting shorter and shorter these days, I'm personally glad that King continues to buck the trend and do his own thing. I love a long book if it is well written with engaging characters, and I know I'm in safe hands with Stephen King on both counts. I find it comforting to be totally immersed in a world of his creation for a week or so, or however long it takes to read it! The length of this book allows you to be part of every stage of the journey Jake Epping goes on, both physically and emotionally and also through time. It's a fascinating read on so many levels. I was never bored, just excited and intrigued. A very nostalgic look at the America of the 1950's and 60's, this novel examines the possibilities and consequences of time travel. If you could change history, would you? And if you did, what would the consequences be? Jake Epping is encouraged to go down the mysterious 'rabbit hole' by a dying man, who has desperately been trying to prevent JFK from being assassinated. I loved the way the past world was 'reset' every time Jake came back from it. I loved Jake and Sadie and now I've read this is a TV series, I'm going to have to watch it!

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Alf Tupper

I couldn't put this book down.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2018

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Has to be one of the best books I've read in a long time. Fascinating, gripping, moving, scary. I am a fan of time travel novels but this was special. I've been a fan on and off, of King for over 40 years. And now I intend to read those novels of his that passed me by. I had considered Replay as the finest time slip novel, but it's been eclipsed by King. I also found it nostalgic to read about places in Dallas, having been a Brit working there for several months in 1982, and recognising many of those place and road names.
I hear there's a tv series which I will need to watch.
I considered slowing down towards the end, to make it last longer. But I just couldn't.
A remarkable book.

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jelicalcat

Not the usual Stephen King

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 August 2018

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This was a good story but it was more of a thriller than the usual horror I love Stephen King for. As a child I hated reading then at 18 years old I was in a serious car accident which put me in hospital for a month. A friend brought me a bag of books and out of sheer boredom one day I looked through them. The only one that seemed remotely interesting was Fire Starter. And that's when I fell in love. Not only with Stephen King but also with reading. However the last one I managed to get. And I do have a bookcase full of SK, was Lissys game as life took over and I can only read free books now and this is his only free one I've ever found. Good but not quite what I was looking forward to. Although I did like the references to some of the characters form IT

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FloridaDino

Can you change the past? Should you?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 May 2017

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This was a near 5 star book for me, but ultimately I just felt it lost a little focus at times and a stodgy part in the middle slowed things down a little too much. All that being said, I thought the first 300 pages were superb, and couldn't put the book down. I actually enjoyed the book the most before Jake met Sadie, as he came to grips with late 50's/ early 60's America, and the crossover of sorts with a certain Fifities clown.
Although the books selling point is the Kennedy assassination, that actually features very little. Sure, we have the preparation with Oswald, but ultimately the themes are those of the relationship with Sadie, is the past really better than the present, can things be changed and should they? The human themes are the real hook the story hangs upon, as the ending shows.
It's a very good book, packed with a ton of detail as well as a great narrative, but just lacking a little focus at times and probably 50 pages too long. This is not a deal breaker by any means though.
Very highly recommended

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