The Stand
Recommended by Harry Khachatrian, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #2 in Stephen King, Ranked #2 in Evil — see more rankings.
Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published.
A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the world’s population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge—Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder,... more
A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the world’s population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge—Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder,... more
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Rankings by Category
The Stand is ranked in the following categories:
- #87 in American
- #93 in Americana
- #4 in Arkansas
- #93 in Audible
- #36 in Author
- #67 in Classic Sci-Fi
- #91 in Collection
- #93 in Crime Thriller
- #86 in Dark
- #52 in Dark Fantasy
- #16 in Diseases
- #55 in Dystopian
- #2 in End Of The World
- #65 in Entertaining
- #64 in Entertainment
- #45 in Epic
- #3 in Horror
- #2 in King
- #4 in Las Vegas
- #7 in Long
- #58 in Modern
- #28 in Page-Turner
- #3 in Pandemic
- #3 in Post-Apocalyptic
- #48 in Psychological Thriller
- #22 in Redemption
- #4 in Scary
- #6 in Sci-Fi Horror
- #89 in Science Fiction
- #96 in Science Fiction Fantasy
- #36 in Survival
- #28 in Suspense
- #45 in Suspense Thriller
- #29 in Suspenseful
- #55 in Syfy
- #90 in Teen
- #32 in Thriller
- #75 in Thriller Mystery
- #25 in Thriller Suspense
- #44 in Top Ten
- #7 in Virus
- #21 in World
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