What is The Shining (novel)?
{{Infobox book| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = The Shining | author = [[Stephen King]] | cover_artist = Dave Christensen | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | series = | genre = [[Gothic novel]]<br />[[Horror fiction|Horror]] <br/> [[Psychological horror]] | publisher = [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] | release_date = {{start date and age|1977|1|28}} | media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]]) | pages = 447 | isbn = 978-0-385-12167-5 | followed_by = [[Doctor Sleep (novel)|Doctor Sleep]] }} '''''The Shining''''' is a 1977 [[Horror|horror novel]] by American writer [[Stephen King]]. It was King's third published [[novel]] and first bestseller. The book was adapted into [[The Shining (movie)|a movie]] by [[Stanley Kubrick]] in 1980, which was very successful as well. ==References== {{Stephen King}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shining, The}} [[Category:1977 books]] [[Category:Horror novels]] [[Category:Books by Stephen King]]