Gerald's Game

Stephen King

Jan 2016 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Now a Netflix movie directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Hush) and starring Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood.

Master storyteller Stephen King presents this classic, terrifying #1 New York Times bestseller. When a game of seduction between a husband and wife ends in death, the nightmare has only begun…

“And now the voice which spoke belonged to no one but herself. Oh my God, it said. Oh my God, I am all alone out here. I am all alone.”

Once again, Jessie Burlingame has been talked into submitting to her husband Gerald’s kinky sex games—something that she’s frankly had enough of, and they never held much charm for her to begin with. So much for a “romantic getaway” at their secluded summer home. After Jessie is handcuffed to the bedposts—and Gerald crosses a line with his wife—the day ends with deadly consequences. Now Jessie is utterly trapped in an isolated lakeside house that has become her prison—and comes face-to-face with her deepest, darkest fears and memories. Her only company is that of the various voices filling her mind…as well as the shadows of nightfall that may conceal an imagined or very real threat right there with her…

Ratings and reviews

I guess the years have changed me. Had I read this when it first came out, I would have been floored by the prose. Now, I just wanted the story to progress without all the cheesy cliches passing as dialogue. I had to remind myself that King comes from that generation where hokey sayings littered everyday vernacular. I kept thinking of my mom saying her own hokey fillers that had become predictable to me every time we talked, and that helped me stop rolling my eyes so much while I powered through this bo

One of Kings best books I've read so far he adds suspense and the craziness that the main character has with the voices a d the challenges she goes through reminds me of Clive Barker's Lord Of Illusion and Stephens Kings Needful Things boat very good films

I read this book when I was about 22 years old. I'm 28 now, and I still think about this book from time to time. This book will not leave your mind for years after you read it. It's twisted, it's dark, heart pumping terror. Don't read on a stormy dark night, because you might just come in contact with the grave digger who watches you in the dark, demanding your jewelry. Love this book.

About the author

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly (a New York Times Notable Book of 2023), Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.