The Stepford Wives

The internationally bestselling novel by the author of A Kiss Before Dying, The Boys from Brazil, and Rosemary's Baby

With an Introduction by Peter Straub

For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true. It is. For behind the town's idyllic facade lies a terrible secret -- a secret so shattering that no one who encounters it will ever be the same.

At once a masterpiece of psychological suspense and a savage commentary on a media-driven society that values the pursuit of youth and beauty at all costs, The Stepford Wives is a novel so frightening in its final implications that the title itself has earned a place in the American lexicon.

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144 pages

Average rating: 7.53

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Anonymous
Dec 04, 2023
8/10 stars
Since I am still trying to read from my stacks (1,100+ and growing - eep), I was going through one of the bookcases for the next book I wanted to try. I don't really remember buying The Stepford Wives but I know I got it at my friend's bookstore (may the wonderful store RIP). I've never seen the movie (the 1975 version OR the 2004 version) but, like a lot of classics, the lexicon of the Stepford wife has permeated our vocabulary. I felt that I s...read more
littlemissalto
Jun 16, 2023
10/10 stars
This is one of the best books I have ever read. I definitely prefer the book to both film adaptations, although the 1975 adaptation was particularly eerie and captivating. It’s amazing to me how relevant this piece of feminist literature still is… and it’s also horrifying how relevant it remains. What an effective and affecting story.
Anonymous
Apr 26, 2023
10/10 stars
If I wasn't pissed off at men before, I sure as hell am now.

What a bunch of weak, despicable, poor-excuse-for-a-man group of men. I despise them all.

Wait. Are you a man? I despise you, too.
Don't feed me this nonsense about how you're not like all the others. How you want your woman to be smart and independent. How you don't care about stereotypical beauty, thin waists and perky chests. How you would never try to change her into something she i...read more

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