Imaginary Friend (novel)

Imaginary Friend is a psychological horror novel by American author Stephen Chbosky. It was published on October 1, 2019 by Grand Central Publishing and was an instant New York Times Best Seller. It is Chbosky's long-awaited follow-up to the 1999 international best-seller The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Critical reception

A departure from his debut novel, Imaginary Friend was very well-received and debuted as a New York Times Best Seller. The review from Time stated it evoked "echoes of Stephen King" and "well worth the time for those who dare," with additional positive reviews from The New York Times, the Kirkus Review, the Washington Post, NPR and numerous others, as well as being named one of Variety's Top 10 books of 2019.

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