Rosemary's Baby (novel)

Rosemary's Baby
Cover of 1967 first edition
AuthorIra Levin
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
April 13, 1967
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback) and Audio Book
Followed bySon of Rosemary 

Rosemary's Baby is a 1967 horror novel by American writer Ira Levin; it was his second published book. The novel follows a young couple who move into an apartment building, where they befriend an older couple in the neighboring apartment, who become increasingly involved when Rosemary falls pregnant. It was the best-selling horror novel of the 1960s, selling over four million copies. The high popularity of the novel was a catalyst for a boom in popularity for horror fiction, which achieved enormous commercial success in its wake.