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Richard Bachman Series

This series delves into the dark corners of the human psyche, exploring desperation, obsession, and the limits of endurance. The narratives often feature relentless scenarios where characters face brutal challenges and moral quandaries. Readers can expect intense and unsettling storytelling that questions the very nature of survival. The collection examines themes of alienation and the struggle against oppressive systems.

Blaze
Roadwork
The Running Man
The Long Walk
Thinner
The Regulators

Recommended Reading Order

  1. 1

    The Long Walk

    4.1(158677)Add rating

    Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as The Long Walk. One hundred boys must keep a steady pace of four miles per hour without ever stopping... with the winner being awarded "The Prize"—anything he wants for the rest of his life. But, as part of this national tournament that sweeps through a dystopian America year after year, there are some harsh rules that Garraty and ninety-nine others must adhere to in order to beat out the rest. There is no finish line—the winner is the last man standing. Contestants cannot receive any outside aid whatsoever. Slow down under the speed limit and you're given a warning. Three warnings and you're out of the game—permanently...

    The Long Walk
  2. 2

    Roadwork

    • 320 pages
    • 12 hours of reading
    3.7(33786)Add rating

    When a highway project leaves him unemployed and threatens to destroy his home, one man takes on the forces of progress as he embarks on a vengeful showdown of epic proportions. Reissue.

    Roadwork
  3. 3

    The Running Man

    • 256 pages
    • 9 hours of reading
    3.9(119966)Add rating

    Every night the whole nation watched the ultimate live game show on TV, as the contestants tried to beat annihilation at the hands of the hunters in order to win the billion dollar jackpot. And now there was a new contestant, the latest Running Man, staking his life while a nation watched.

    The Running Man
  4. 4

    Thinner

    • 318 pages
    • 12 hours of reading
    3.8(198303)Add rating

    Billy Halleck's nightmare begins after he sideswipes an old Gypsy woman as she is crossing the street: he loses ninety-three pounds within six weeks.

    Thinner
  5. 5

    The Regulators

    • 464 pages
    • 17 hours of reading
    3.6(868)Add rating

    Wentworth, Ohio: a small friendly town where the Carver children bicker over sweets in the E-Z shop and writer Johnny Marinville is the only resident who minds his own business. On Poplar Street, apart from the impending storm, it's just a normal summer's day - with frisbees flying, law mowers humming and barbeques grilling. As the paperboy makes his round, he is unaware of the chrome red van idling up the hill. Soon the residents will be caught up in a game of wills as the regulators arrive in force to face a child whose powers of expression are just awakening...

    The Regulators
  6. 6

    Blaze

    • 321 pages
    • 12 hours of reading
    4.0(2666)Add rating

    Clay Blaisdell is one big mother, but his capers are strictly small-time until his mentor introduces him to the one big score that every small-timer dreams of: kidnap. But now the brains of the operation has died - or has he? - and Blaze is alone with a baby as hostage. The Crime of the Century just turned into a race against time in the white hell of the Maine woods.

    Blaze