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Sign up todayThe Staircase in the Woods
Length
13 hours 24 minutes
Language
English
Narrators
Jay Myers, Amber Benson & Xe Sands
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“Home is where the hurt is. And Chuck Wendig makes sure you feel every splinter of it. This one is eerie, sprawling, and absolutely devastating in that specific Wendig way—where grief, trauma, and the monstrous coil together so tightly you can’t tell where one ends and the other begins. A spiral staircase into memory, loss, and the terrifying question of what happens when the place that should be safest becomes the source of the wound. Dark, beautiful, and gutting. Don’t go into the woods alone. Don’t go home alone either.”
— Julia • Four Seasons Books
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“This creepy — or rather terrifying — novel connects everything one wants and needs from a great (if not horrific) read. Be prepared to find yourself tense all the way to the end! Not for the faint of heart!”
— Kirsten Hess • The End Bookstore
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“The comparison is justified with this one - Chuck Wendig is the new Stephen King. Fantastic. I want a sequel.”
— Alissa • South Main Book Company
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“The backrooms meets a lifetime accumulation of trauma. This modern folk horror is both graphic and winding in its pursuit of answers. Featuring the worst of the human condition muddled into a incompressible maze. ”
— Jericha • Northshire Bookstore
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“I loved this book. For the horror fan or the D&D fan or the fan of lifelong friendship this book is a super enjoyable read.”
— Melissia • Viewpoint Books
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“Years ago, a group of friends went into the woods. One of them did not come out. Now, they have gone back, to the mysterious staircase in the woods, to the place their friend disappeared. What they find, is more terrifying than their worst nightmares. Will they find their long lost friend or will they succumb to the horrors of the house at the top of the stairs? Chuck Wendig does not hold back in this psychological horror masterpiece. ”
— Suzanne • Underground Books
Summary
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents.
“Chuck Wendig weaves his magic once more, turning a lonely staircase in the woods into a searing, propulsive, dread-filled exploration of the horrors of knowing and being known.”—Kiersten White, author of Hide and Lucy Undying
Five high school friends are bonded by an oath to protect one another no matter what.
Then, on a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something extraordinary: a mysterious staircase to nowhere.
One friend walks up—and never comes back down. Then the staircase disappears.
Twenty years later, the staircase has reappeared. Now the group returns to find the lost boy—and what lies beyond the staircase in the woods. . . .
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Audiobook details
Author:
Chuck Wendig
Narrators:
Jay Myers, Amber Benson & Xe Sands
ISBN:
9798217065950
Length:
13 hours 24 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Publication date:
April 29, 2025
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#41 Overall
Genre rank:
#1 in Horror
Reviews
“Chuck Wendig is the Frank Lloyd Wright of horror, and here’s his masterstroke of malaise. The Staircase in the Woods is a true blueprint for terror.”—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes“Chuck Wendig weaves his magic once more, turning a lonely staircase in the woods into a searing, propulsive, dread-filled exploration of the horrors of knowing and being known. I’d follow him anywhere.”—Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide
“[A] masterclass in character . . . Unputdownable, with imagery that cuts like a knife—this is Chuck Wendig at the top of his game.”—Thomas Olde Heuvelt, author of HEX and Darker Days
“Chuck Wendig has given us another stunner. The Staircase in the Woods is as mysterious, alluring, heartbreaking, ever-shifting, and unnervingly powerful as the nature of friendship itself.”—Nat Cassidy, author of When the Wolf Comes Home and Mary
“Heart-wrenching and anxiety-inducing. Like if the crew from King’s IT were thrown into the chaotic hallways of Danielewski’s House of Leaves, The Staircase in the Woods will become lodged in your mind, if you let it in.”—Jenny Kiefer, author of This Wretched Valley
“Chuck Wendig has crafted a very sinister take on the familiar urban legend. Highly original and deeply disturbing, this one will stick with you.”—Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Reluctant Immortals and The Haunting of Velkwood
“The Staircase in the Woods is delicious disorienting and deeply captivating. It will pull at the threads of your psyche in the best way until you feel like you just emerged from the most exquisite nightmare.”—Alaina Urquhart, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Butcher Game
“A searching portrait of four friends trying to find the things we all tend to lose as we grow older: faith, direction, hope, happiness, purpose . . . That’s the heart of Chuck Wendig’s work in these pages, and to read a book that illuminates such profound human truths is very rare indeed.”—Nick Cutter Expand reviews
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