by Stephen King
First published 9200
Bestselling author Paul Sheldon wakes up injured and imprisoned by his wildly unstable "number one fan", nurse Annie Wilkes. Wheelchair-bound and doped up on Annie's drugs, Paul has no choice but to write a new Misery novel under her merciless watch, with the constant threat of her axe or blowtorch. As this twisted cat-and-mouse game escalates, Paul fights to maintain his sanity and find a way to escape Annie's clutches before she destroys him completely. A chilling exploration of the dark side of fandom, Misery is Stephen King at his most suspenseful and unnerving.
Genres: suspense, horror, thriller, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, intense, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Mei Guo
Period: 1980s
310 pages · Hardcover · Viking
Content warnings: abuse, mental-illness, violence