Elevation
- 160
- Pages
- about 3 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 6 weeks on the list, peaked at #2
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About the book
Elevation is a suspense novel by American author Stephen King, published on October 30, 2018, by Scribner. The book contains chapter-heading illustrations by Mark Edward Geyer, who previously illustrated King's first editions of Rose Madder and The Green Mile.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 488 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 76% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.0 | 27 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 461 | 95% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“Short for a King book. I am just not the target audience for this book. Feels like it was written for all the people that live near King that he has watched become FOX-ified in an attempt to snap them out of it. But fails…”
“The writing was fine, good even (though not anywhere near King's best), but the characters were very shallowly drawn, and the heart of the story was an old guy saving the lesbian couple in town from anti-gay animus. It felt very straight male Savior. And…”
Frequently asked
How long is Elevation?
It has 160 pages — shorter than 100% of the ranked books in Thriller.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Thriller — with scores between 7.1 and 7.2, closest to this book.
