#168 in Horror
Riding the Bullet
- 94
- Pages
- about 1.5 h
- Reading time
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About the book
Riding the Bullet is a horror novella by American writer Stephen King. It marked King's debut on the Internet. Simon & Schuster, with technology by SoftLock, first published Riding the Bullet in 2000 as the world's first mass-market e-book, available for download at $2.50. That year, the novella was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction and the International Horror Guild Award for Best Long Form. In 2002, the novella was included in King's collection Everything's Eventual.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 55 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 27% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 5 | 9% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 7 | 13% |
| Hardcover | 6.9 | 43 | 78% |
Frequently asked
How long is Riding the Bullet?
It has 94 pages — shorter than 98% of the ranked books in Horror.
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