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The Long Walk by King, Stephen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Long Walk about?
The Long Walk is a dystopian novel by Stephen King published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1979 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books, and has seen several reprints since, as both paperback and hardback. Set in a dystopian present, the plot revolves around the contestants of a grueling walking contest, held annually by a totalitarian version of the United States of America. In 2000 the American Library Association listed The Long Walk as one of the 100 best books for teenage readers published between 1966 and 2000. Stephen King has revealed that it is the first novel he ever wrote, begun eight years before Carrie was published in 1974, when he was a freshman at the University of Maine in 196667.
Who reads The Long Walk?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- King, Stephen
- Publisher
- Penguin USA, Inc.
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101137987
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 4.11 / 5 (762 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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