#68 in Horror
Duma Key
- 687
- Pages
- about 13 h
- Reading time
- Bram Stoker Award for Novel
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Our view
“Duma Key” is a Stephen King horror novel that puts its characters first and its scares late. Some readers praise how the people are handled and find the book creepy, though a few find the greater part of its nearly seven hundred pages very slow, with the last third making up for it. The right book for those who enjoy King’s company as much as his frights.
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About the book
Duma Key is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King published on January 22, 2008, by Scribner. The book reached No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list. It is King's first novel to be set in Florida, as well as the first to be set in Minnesota. The dust jacket features holographic lettering.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 357 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 71% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 53 | 15% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 304 | 85% |
Frequently asked
How long is Duma Key?
It has 687 pages — longer than 89% of the ranked books in Horror.
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