Horror fans, you are definitely going to want to listen up! Just in time for Spooky Season, Five Below is now selling a 1977 Stephen King classic that Time refers to as one of the “Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time.” Even better, you can grab it for just $10.

The Shining is the book that really cemented King as the horror genius we know and love today, and you can now pick it up at Five Below as a mass-trade paperback. His first hardcover bestseller, The Shining explores themes of isolation, addiction, dysfunctional families, and how the past bleeds into the present, for better and for much, much worse.

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The Shining Book, $10 at Five Below

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Set to the backdrop of the haunted Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies, this psychological horror novel Time calls “spine-chilling” will surely keep you up all night, both from turning the pages as you read, and tossing and turning in bed long after you are done. It is definitely the kind of story that stays with you long after you finish it.

In the book, the main character Jack Torrance is a recovering alcoholic and writer takes up a residence at the Overlook Hotel to work as a caretaker during the winter. Along with his wife, Wendy, and son, Danny, the family lives at the hotel. Danny has psychic “shining” abilities and the family becomes snowbound. Soon thereafter, supernatural forces begin to grip Jack, twisting his sanity into something sinister, eventually turning him against Wendy and Danny.

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Later adapted into a film directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1980, The Shining has spooked audience for decades. Being available at Five Below will hopefully bring new fans to the horror genre and King’s work.

You can purchase The Shining at select Five Below stores right now. It retails for $10. This is one that surely will fly off shelves fast, so if you are interested in picking it up, time is of the essence.

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