You: A Novel (1) (The You Series)

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A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER

"Hypnotic and scary." --Stephen King

"I am riveted, aghast, aroused, you name it. The rare instance when prose and plot are equally delicious." --Lena Dunham

From debut author Caroline Kepnes comes You, one of Suspense Magazine's Best Books of the Year, and a brilliant and terrifying novel for the social media age.

When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card.

There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she'll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight--the perfect place for a "chance" meeting.

As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck's life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck's perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way--even if it means murder.

A terrifying exploration of how vulnerable we all are to stalking and manipulation, debut author Caroline Kepnes delivers a razor-sharp novel for our hyper-connected digital age. You is a compulsively readable page-turner that's being compared to Gone Girl, American Psycho, and Stephen King's Misery.
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448 pages

Average rating: 7.79

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writerky17
Nov 03, 2023
10/10 stars
No book has scared me the way this book has. It shocks you as the audience to see the way a person who has a mind like this thinks and behaves! If you love the show, you’ll love the books even more.
hertheintrovert
Aug 13, 2023
8/10 stars
Way more detailed than the show! It covers like the first season & it’s so so engaging. I suggest reading if you loved the show.
cassidyh
Jul 11, 2023
9/10 stars
Great novel, but I don't think I have the stomach to continue reading the sequel!! If you like horror this is absolutely perfect.
lilybugg33
Mar 02, 2023
6/10 stars
Before I start this review I just wanna confess to something - I kinda cheated.. I watched the Netflix series before reading it.. I know I know it should be the other way around, but honestly if I hadn’t watched the show before hand, I don’t think I would’ve liked the book that much. I think the visual aid of watching this Joe character act in the show and the tone of his voiceover really plays into my visualization of the events that are the sam...read more
Frenchee
Jul 25, 2022
9/10 stars
I have not seen the show so I went into this one blind, and I was very impressed! It is written in a way where you can understand how a psychopath thinks and it was fascinating!

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