About this book
Misery (1987) is King's metafictional meditation on writing and fandom, part of the wide-ranging standalone output -- alongside Needful Things, Desperation, and Bag of Bones -- that followed his 1970s-80s horror landmarks. It runs 382 pages.
Key facts about Misery
Misery is a book by Stephen King. Readers have had it since June 1987. It runs to 382 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Misery. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781844564545 to find the main one.
Stephen King has 72 books in our catalogue. 27 of them belong to a series, while 45 stand alone. All 72 are out now. Other books by Stephen King on file include Never Flinch (2025), Holly (2023), Fairy Tale (2022) and Gwendy's Final Task (2022).
Before this one, It came out in 1986. After it came The Dark Half in 1989. It is one of 4 Stephen King books dated 1987. Since then, our list has added 50 more books by Stephen King.
Stephen King has 6 series on file, such as The Shining, The Dark Tower and The Talisman. Those series sit on our horror, epic fantasy and fantasy horror shelves. Meanwhile, Other Worlds Than These is the latest published Stephen King book on file, from 6 October 2026.
About Stephen King
Stephen King is one of the best-selling and most influential American novelists of the modern era, known primarily for horror but ranging freely across suspense, science fiction, and fantasy across a bibliography of more than sixty novels. See every Stephen King book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781844564545