Needful Things

1991 novel by Stephen King
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Needful Things

Summary

Needful Things is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (845 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Needful Things authored Stephen King[3].
  • Needful Things's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Needful Things's publisher is recorded as Viking Press[5].
  • Needful Things's genre is recorded as horror literature[6].
  • Needful Things's genre is recorded as crime fiction[7].
  • Needful Things's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 308565968[8].
  • Needful Things's OCLC number is recorded as 28488981[9].
  • Needful Things's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Needful Things's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Needful Things's publication date is recorded as +1991-10-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Needful Things's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03j_r6[13].
  • Needful Things's Open Library ID is recorded as OL81607W[14].
  • Needful Things's has edition or translation is recorded as Needful Things[15].
  • Needful Things's has edition or translation is recorded as Q122076884[16].
  • Needful Things's narrative location is recorded as Castle Rock[17].
  • Needful Things's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 4440[18].
  • Needful Things's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 1481[19].
  • Needful Things's nominated for is recorded as Locus Award for Best Horror Novel[20].
  • Needful Things's nominated for is recorded as Bram Stoker Award for Novel[21].
  • Needful Things's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Needful Things'}[22].
  • Needful Things's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1043771[23].
  • Needful Things's NNL item ID is recorded as 001289013[24].
  • Needful Things's derivative work is recorded as Needful Things[25].
  • Needful Things's OCLC work ID is recorded as 546959[26].
  • Needful Things's NooSFere book ID is recorded as 448[27].

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Works and Contributions

Needful Things authored Stephen King[3].

Why It Matters

Needful Things ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (845 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . bramstokerawards.horror.org. bramstokerawards.horror.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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