You Like It Darker

#28 in Short stories

You Like It Darker

Stephen King

First published 2024Original language EN

7.97.9 / 10
Score out of 10253 ratingsConfidence 63%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#28 of 54 in Short stories ahead of 49% of the category
  • NYT bestseller · 4 weeks on the list, peaked at #1

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About the book

You Like It Darker is a collection of twelve stories by American author Stephen King, published by Scribner in May 2024. The book was announced on November 6, 2023, via Entertainment Weekly, which provided a look at the book's wraparound cover, table of contents, and an excerpt from "Rattlesnakes", a sequel to King's 1981 novel Cujo.

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Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.1 across 253 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 63% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Short stories average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.45 2%
Hardcover8.1248 98%

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