About this book
The Running Man (1982) is one of the lean, angry novels King wrote as Richard Bachman -- alongside Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork, and Thinner -- before the pseudonym was revealed in 1985. It runs 219 pages.
Key facts about The Running Man
The Running Man is a book by Stephen King. Readers have had it since 4 May 1982. It runs to 219 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Running Man. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780451151223 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, Cujo came out in 1981. After it came Christine in 1983. It is one of 2 Stephen King books dated 1982. Since then, our list has added 60 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 9780451151223