The book centers on Rosemary Woodhouse, a young woman who moves into the Bramford, a historic Gothic Revival-style New York City apartment building, with her husband, Guy, a struggling actor. … See more

Cherry Wilder wrote that "Rosemary's Baby is one of the most perfectly crafted thrillers ever written".
Horror scholar Gary Crawford described Rosemary's Baby as "a genuine masterpiece". See more

Thirty years later Levin published a sequel to the novel, titled Son of Rosemary (1997). Levin dedicated it to Mia Farrow. See more

Rosemary's Baby was published in Spanish translation during the Francoist dictatorship. The Francoist censors cut passages from this translation, claiming the cut passages "glorified Satan". As of April 2019, all the Spanish-language editions of the book … See more

In 1968, the novel was adapted as a film of the same name, starring Mia Farrow, with John Cassavetes as Guy. Ruth Gordon, who played Minnie Castevet, won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Roman Polanski, who wrote and directed the film, … See more

• Official entry at IraLevin.org
• "Rosemary's Baby Album" (in-depth visual feature about novel's creation on Ira Levin's website)
• Photos of the first edition of Rosemary's Baby See more