#100 in Horror
Gwendy's Button Box
- 176
- Pages
- about 3 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #4
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Our view
“Gwendy’s Button Box” is a short, dark small-town tale of growing up, written by Stephen King with Richard Chizmar as the opening of a trilogy. Some readers say the two voices blend so well that the join never shows, and that the story recalls the horror King wrote decades ago. At 176 pages it is closer to a novella than to one of his long books: King in compact form.
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About the book
The Gwendy Trilogy is a trilogy of horror and adventure American novellas and novels written by Richard Chizmar and Stephen King. The installments include Gwendy's Button Box (2017), Gwendy's Magic Feather (2019), and Gwendy's Final Task (2022).
Reading order · The Button Box
Full order & progress →- Gwendy's Button BoxThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - Gwendy's Magic FeatherGwendy's Magic Feather–Not ranked yet
- Gwendy's Final TaskGwendy's Final Task–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 230 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 61% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 230 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Gwendy's Button Box?
It has 176 pages — shorter than 91% of the ranked books in Horror.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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