by Stephen King
First published 2007
At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, condemned prisoners await execution on the Green Mile. Hardened guard Paul Edgecombe oversees killers and the supernaturally gifted inmate John Coffey, sentenced for a brutal crime. As Coffey's strange healing powers emerge, Edgecombe must confront the truth of Coffey's innocence - and the true evil that haunts the Green Mile.
Genres: fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, redemption
Setting: Briar Ridge, Cold Mountain Penitentiary, Death Row, E Block, Georgia Pines, Green Mile, United States
Period: 1932
500 pages · Paperback · Scribner
Content warnings: death, violence