The Green Mile: Summary and book reviews of The Green Mile by Stephen King, plus links to an excerpt from The Green Mile and a biography of Stephen King.

Read this history-making serial novel -- from cliffhanger to cliffhanger -- in its entirety. When it first appeared, one volume per month, Stephen King's The Green Mile was an unprecedented publishing triumph: all six volumes ended up on the New York Times bestseller list -- simultaneously -- and delighted millions of fans the world over. Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with "Old Sparky," Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile. But he's never seen anyone like John Coffey, a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. In this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about Coffey, a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs...and yours.

Media Reviews

Boston Globe King surpasses our expectations, leaves us spellbound and hungry for the next twist of plot.   Entertainment Weekly [The Green Mile] has everybody talking....[King's] best fiction in years....A prison novel that's as haunting and touching as it is just plain haunted.   USA Today One of King's most immediately engaging page-turners.   The New York Times Mr. King now dominates like Carrie at the prom.

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated of 5 by kaydawg
The green mile rocked my sox
A TEAR JERKER.... this book was great... the movie is also a great follow with the book. (if your not big on reading they are almost exact!) this shows conflicts that may acctualy happen in prison.

Rated of 5 by Josh
Very emotional book. Don't just watch the movie you have to read it. I loved it. It's my favorite book.

Rated of 5 by Michael
best book ever. Truly.

Rated of 5 by J M S
Powerful, powerful stuff! Had me crying, and no book has ever done that to me before!

Rated of 5 by Terry Jackson
I am fourteen years old. The Green Mile is the best book I ever read. I loved all the twists and turns this book takes. I recomended thius book to all my friends and they agree with me.

Rated of 5 by BPR
This book is excellent, I read it for school, and I couldn't stop reading once I was started. I had to find out what was going to happen next.

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