The Outsider
- Published
- 22 May 2018
- Pages
- 582
- ISBN-13
- 9781473676435
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Outsider (2018) follows End of Watch in Bill Hodges & Holly Gibney and precedes Holly, running 582 pages as a seemingly airtight murder case collides with an ancient shapeshifting evil, with Holly Gibney arriving partway through to help crack it.
Key facts about The Outsider
Stephen King wrote The Outsider, a novel on our list. It has been out since 22 May 2018. The book has 582 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781473676435 to find the main one.
The Outsider is book 4 of 6 in the Bill Hodges & Holly Gibney series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with Mr. Mercedes (2014). Never Flinch is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 27 May 2025.
Additionally, Stephen King writes The Shining, The Dark Tower and The Talisman, plus 2 more series. 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.
Its place in Bill Hodges & Holly Gibney
The Outsider is book 4 in the Bill Hodges & Holly Gibney series. It follows End of Watch. It is followed by Holly. See the full Bill Hodges & Holly Gibney reading order.
Retired police detective Bill Hodges is drawn out of a depressed, TV-numbed retirement when the man he never caught -- the perpetrator of a mass-casualty attack with a stolen Mercedes -- starts writing him taunting letters. Hodges assembles an unlikely investigative team, including the anxious, brilliant Holly Gibney, to hunt the killer down across the Mr. Mercedes trilogy. What began as a straight crime novel gradually reveals King's interest in something stranger: by End of Watch , the villain has acquired…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781473676435