What it is about
- Novelists
- Fans (Persons)
Where it happens
- Boulder
Kind of book
- Novel
Came out
- 1980s
Ages
- Adult
Awards
- Bram Stoker Award for Novel
About this book
The Library of Congress summary reads: "After an almost fatal car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon finds himself being nursed by a deranged fan who holds him captive." It is set in Boulder and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata
Books like this one
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Why: Both are thriller books.
What both books share
- thriller
Misery: "thriller" (OL subject); "Thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
Killing Floor: "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "Thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject)
- thriller
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Why: Both are thriller books.
What both books share
- thriller
Misery: "thriller" (OL subject); "Thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
Jurassic Park: "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, technological" (OL subject); "Thrillers (Fiction)" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
- thriller
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Why: Both are thriller books.
What both books share
- thriller
Misery: "thriller" (OL subject); "Thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
The Silent Patient: "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
- thriller
What they share, at a glance
Misery next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Thriller | Horror |
|---|---|---|
| Killing Floor | shared | not shared |
| Jurassic Park | shared | not shared |
| The Silent Patient | shared | not shared |
| Dark Matter | shared | not shared |
| The Da Vinci Code | shared | not shared |
| Angels & Demons | shared | not shared |
| The Shadow of the Wind | shared | not shared |
| Step on a Crack | shared | not shared |
| Darkly Dreaming Dexter | shared | not shared |
| The Gray Man | shared | not shared |
| Taltos | not shared | shared |
| Persuader | shared | not shared |
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Misery: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on June 8, 1987. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 351-page paperback from Scribner. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9781501143106 ... paperback ... 351 pages ... Scribner
- Awards and honors
- It received the Bram Stoker Award for Novel in 1987. Source: Wikidata, citing bramstokerawards.horror.org, checked November 6, 2026.
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What does the Why line mean?
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