# The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man)

**Author(s):** Stephen King
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**Genres:** literary-fiction, thriller, sci-fi, dystopian, organized-crime
**Pages:** 978
**Publisher:** Hodder
**Published:** Sun Jan 01 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781444723533
**ISBN-10:** 1444723537
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-bachman-books-long-walk-rage-roadwork-running-man

## Description

Omnibus collection of four early Bachman novels ([Rage][1], [The Long Walk][2], [Roadwork][3], [The Running Man][4]) and the essay "Why I Was Bachman"
([source][5])


  [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149154W/Rage
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14917769W/The_Long_Walk
  [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149156W/Roadwork
  [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149188W/The_Running_Man
  [5]: https://stephenking.com/library/bachman_novel/bachman_books_the.html

## SageChimp reader verdict

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