#62 in Dystopian
The Running Man
- 256
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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About the book
The Running Man is a dystopian thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the omnibus The Bachman Books. The novel is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025, in which the nation's economy is in ruins and world violence is rising. The story follows protagonist Ben Richards as he participates in the reality show The Running Man, in which contestants win money by evading a team of hitmen sent to kill them.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 579 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 80% of the weight and the score stays at 7.5 — the Dystopian average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 41 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 538 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Running Man?
It has 256 pages — shorter than 81% of the ranked books in Dystopian.
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