#67 in Thriller
Mr. Mercedes
- 488
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- Series 2017
- On screen
- NYT bestseller · 7 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
- Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel
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About the book
Mr Mercedes is a crime novel by American writer Stephen King. He calls it his first hard-boiled detective book. It was published on June 3, 2014. It is the first volume in a trilogy, followed in 2015 by Finders Keepers, the first draft of which was finished around the time Mr Mercedes was published, and End of Watch in 2016.
Reading order · Bill Hodges Trilogy
Full order & progress →- Mr. MercedesThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - Finders Keepers
7.87.8 / 10 - End of Watch
7.87.8 / 10
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen once.
- SeriesMr. MercedesIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 968 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 87% of the weight and the score stays at 7.8 — the Thriller average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 56 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 912 | 94% |
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It has 488 pages — longer than 81% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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