Before I Go to Sleep
First edition, with quote from Tess Gerritsen | |
| Author | S. J. Watson |
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| Cover artist | Veronique Beranger / Getty Images |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller, Suspense |
| Publisher | Doubleday (United Kingdom) HarperCollins (United States) |
Publication date | April 2011 (United Kingdom) June 2011 (United States) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print, audiobook, ebook |
| Pages | 368 |
| ISBN | 0-85752-017-2 |
| Followed by | Second Life |
Before I Go to Sleep is the first novel by S. J. Watson, published in the spring of 2011. It became both a Sunday Times and The New York Times bestseller and has been translated into over 40 languages. It has become a bestseller in France, Canada, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. It reached number 7 on the U.S. bestseller list, the highest position for a debut novel by a British author since J. K. Rowling. The New York Times described the author as an "out-of-nowhere literary sensation". He wrote the novel between shifts whilst working as a National Health Service (NHS) audiologist.